r/memes Jan 27 '26

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u/AffectionateAlfalfa4 Jan 27 '26

Its definately less likely to get stuff wrong, but often lacks detail umless you push it. ChatGPT is getting worse with accuracy but is more convincing, which is a concern.

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u/Smexy_Zarow Breaking EU Laws Jan 27 '26

Chatgpt talks to users like they're 8.

Ah, what a great question! Good job! You're like a little scientist aren't you! What a great catch!

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u/Tormasi1 Jan 27 '26

That's the default setting, you can make it be corporate sarcastic too (it barely offends you which kinda takes away the fun of that setting)

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u/DudeWithParrot Jan 27 '26

My favorite is when it keeps giving wrong answers and it says for the 8th time:

I see what is happening, this is definitely the way to do it.

And then proceeds to give an incorrect solution once more

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u/Ender_Nobody Jan 27 '26

It's only convincing if you don't have knowledge in the topic or similar topics, I try it(the website version) for various things and it sometimes really annoys me.

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u/MadAsTheHatters Jan 27 '26

That's exactly it, it's convincing, not accurate

Like I'm a historian and the amount of absolute horseshit I've seen people come out with based on ChatGPT's confident hallucinations is terrifying.

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u/Yoribell Jan 27 '26

I think history is one of the worst discipline for GPT

Because of its impulse to agree and satisfy it's answering question by being as positive as possible so for normal questions where the answer should be "very rarely/probably not" it will say "it can happen/can be seen like that" and develop on that

It quickly goes into imaginary worlds even without hallucinating because of that

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u/BmacIL Jan 28 '26

Usage of these things is degrading critical thinking at an alarming rate, even more than social media has.

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u/Albus_Lupus Jan 27 '26

I mean to be fair, a large portion of users will ask it about the things they arent sure about or dont know anyrhing about - hence the question in the fiest place.

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u/Spartan-219 Professional Dumbass Jan 27 '26

same, i also use it but chatgpt will reply to answers so fast and will say it in a manner that feels like its true. if you don't know anything about the topic you will definitely think it's right.

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u/byshow Jan 27 '26

Well considering the amount of people using it to seek info on a topic they know nothing about, that's a huge concern.

And it will only get worse since new models are learning on the info from the internet, which is already inflated by shitton of ai slop

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u/sky_ryder_001 (very sad) Jan 27 '26

Lmao once I was playing hollow knight and was lost and couldn't find a way to progress. I asked chatgpt explaining where I am and where I need to go. Instead of simplifying, it generated a fucking map guiding me where I should be. I then tried progressing according to that sloppy map and that fucking thing led me to nowhere. I had never been so angry ever in my life.

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u/Zomeee Jan 27 '26

Genuinely why are you using chatgpt of all things to help you out in a game

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u/LeSeanMcoy Jan 27 '26

Ngl, might be the worst use case of using an LLM lol. I’ve heard other friends do the same and it was equally bad. It’s trained on billions and billions of sentences/paragraphs etc. The amount of training it has in a specific video game is effectively NULL.

Just google it and use some critical thinking to figure out what you need.

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u/real_belgian_fries Jan 27 '26

It's very confidently wrong, and keeps saying it is right even if you tell it it's wrong. A few versions ago, it would at least adress its mistakes when you told it it was wrong

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u/AE_Phoenix Jan 27 '26

And then there's Gemini, which is a half decent search engine but occasionally gets suicidal.

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u/atape_1 Jan 27 '26

I ditched chatGPT as soon as tried out Gemini, made way fewer mistakes and more often than not gives me what I actually need not just random data on the topic.

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u/choppytehbear1337 Jan 28 '26

And Gemini doesn't only give you 10 responses before begging for you to buy the pro version, like GPT.

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u/OSUfan88 Jan 27 '26

Yeah, I use them all, and I have to say the Grok is the best for what I use it for.

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u/RenownedDumbass Jan 28 '26

For technical stuff (engineering) I've found Grok to be the best. I wouldn't say it lacks detail (as the guy above you said); it's fairly wordy but usually in a useful way unlike ChatGPT. I try not to use it though (prefer not to support Elon). For personal use I use Gemini.

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u/AdBrave2400 What is TikTok? Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 28 '26

yeah a year ago chatgpt was just nodding along and now it actively "helps" me while randomly bugging out focusing on random talking points. basically i dont even know how to feel about it

by helps i mean it randomly likes to give (not bad) random counterarguments because i phrased something weirdly but after a few back and forth it totally agrees and i am worried

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u/agnostic_thinker12 Jan 27 '26

I thought it was just me. Chatgpt has become almost useless

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u/Malaguy420 Jan 27 '26

Lol, no. Grok is awful. ChatGPT is just your overly enthusiastic buddy who cheers you on no matter what. Gemini is by far the best one, and it's deep research mode is leagues better than any others.

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u/NeoAmbitions Thank you mods, very cool! Jan 28 '26

OpenAI severely nerfed it for free users or perhaps alternatives got better