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That's a good point about use cases.

In my usage of ChatGPT, in areas I'm very knowledgable. I've mostly received answers that were stylistically excellent, creatively plausable and maybe even transcendent. The boilerplate around the answer tends to keep the answers grounded, though.

In areas where I have some experience but not much theoretical knowledge, after multiple exploratory questions, I better understand the topic and feel ok adjusting my behavior appropriately.

I haven't relied on it in areas where I am ignorant or naive e.g. knitting, discriminatory housing policy or the economy in Sudan. Since I have no priors in those areas, I may not feel strongly about the results whether they are profound or hallucinatory or benign.

I also haven't used it for fact checking or discovery.




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