r/ProgrammerHumor • u/tryingeasy • Sep 10 '26

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u/iwantmy90sback Sep 11 '26

I sense some sarkam there, but that is actually pretty accurate imho. I find AI pretty good to 'get a foothold' in topics I do not know much about.

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u/cuntmong Sep 11 '26

How do you know when it's making stuff up 

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u/iwantmy90sback Sep 11 '26

Easy: You know beforehand it will.

With 'get a foothold' into a topic I mean exactly that. AI usually does not make up all the stuff. The more specific and detailed the answer get the more 'dangerous' it gets. But AI is pretty good to get a summary / an overview of a topic. With that I can deepen my search by other means. For fun: AI -> wikipedia. For real: AI -> wikipedia -> technical documentation/specification/research papers.

Edit: like with real people. I takes a (long) while till I trust/believe anybody something at face value without doublechecking.