ChatGPT, Bard, GPT-4, and the like are often pitched as ways to retrieve information. The problem is they'll "retrieve" whatever you ask for, whether or not it exists. Tumblr user @indigofoxpaws sent me a few screenshots where they'd asked ChatGPT for an explanation of the nonexistent "Linoleum harvest" Tumblr meme,
  • @yuriy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9•2 years ago

    from “tall horse” to “this is what the rich get away with” and it’s just still a giraffe. that might as well be real, it just feels real.