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highplainsdem

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25. Thanks - but I wouldn't have caught it if I hadn't already looked at a number of websites about the story so

Mon Feb 16, 2026, 08:52 AM

14 hrs ago

I'd known that story ending had to be wrong.

I remember teachers in particular warning three years ago, after ChatGPT was released, that the internet would be polluted by fake citations and quotes and "facts" from chatbots unless whoever got those results already knew the answer and could spot errors immediately (in which case it's unlikely they'd bother using genAI) or they were careful enough to check everything the AI told them - which people using AI to save time will rarely do.

I have been trying hard to get DUers to admit when they're posting anything from a genAI tool. I think it's very unfair not to make that clear, even if the AI user thinks it's correct or has done some checking.

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You've probably heard that AI chatbots can completely fabricate quotes. It happened yesterday in a DU thread. [View all] highplainsdem Friday OP

Thx to you & Goonch SheltieLover Friday #1

Lol for fun I asked an AI the reason for the discrepancy and gave it the passage from your post AZJonnie Friday #2

Not sure what you mean. It quoted one of my replies in that Science Fiction thread, or it quoted highplainsdem Friday #4

I mean it literally sourced from this very thread AZJonnie Friday #7

Claude is clueless. There is an actual story. I posted links about it in the earlier thread I linked to. There highplainsdem Friday #9

It's not surprising that it got confused, this entire discussion is extremely circular AZJonnie Friday #13

I would've expected any bot to at least follow the links in both threads, which would have shown that highplainsdem Friday #15

Claude would have seen this bit, in Goonch's follow-up, which said this: AZJonnie Friday #17

Interesting seeing you try to defend Claude's inane answer, when this thread links to the older thread highplainsdem Yesterday #19

I guess I am, given you don't know what the actual prompt was, yet are arbitrarily coming up with a strawman AZJonnie Yesterday #20

If there was anything close to intelligence in Claude, the highplainsdem Yesterday #21

Why must you insist it's a delusional tangent AZJonnie Yesterday #22

No, the problem using genAI is with genAI and its inherent flaws. Anyone who's ever used genAI should highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #27

And, The Chatbot Is Still Wrong ProfessorGAC Friday #3

+1. It's patent nonsense dalton99a Friday #5

I don't know about that one, Professor :) AZJonnie Friday #8

I'm Going To Say No ProfessorGAC Friday #11

Obviously I know I don't know nearly as much on this topic as you do, so I generally defer, Sir :) AZJonnie Friday #14

Pretty Much ProfessorGAC Friday #16

Can you name a movie in which one person occupied two places at the same time? Orrex 13 hrs ago #29

BTTF Is A Prime Example, Yes ProfessorGAC 11 hrs ago #33

Right, but that's not the same Marty in two places at once Orrex 10 hrs ago #34

Not Getting You ProfessorGAC 10 hrs ago #35

I think we're differing on what qualifies as the "same" person Orrex 10 hrs ago #37

Oh wait. I just caught your bit about "lack of matter available" Orrex 9 hrs ago #38

These tools don't just fabricate fiction. They fabricate citations in law and science pieces. RockRaven Friday #6

Yes. I mentioned that in the earlier thread I linked to. I've posted lots of warnings here over the last few years highplainsdem Friday #10

+1. AI is essentially a smooth-talking buzzword-spewing bullshitter with an unlimited capacity for plagiarism dalton99a Friday #12

Exactly. highplainsdem Yesterday #18

When ChatGPT became popular, people said AI systems really need to provide sources. Renew Deal Yesterday #24

Good catch Renew Deal Yesterday #23

Thanks - but I wouldn't have caught it if I hadn't already looked at a number of websites about the story so highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #25

Yikes. So how do we combat this? It's only going to get worse. Scrivener7 14 hrs ago #26

Yeah, it's getting scary. I posted something I didn't know was AI. I took it down as soon as mucifer 14 hrs ago #28

It's really bad in the political commentary video space Renew Deal 12 hrs ago #31

I suspect AI systems will be like fish farms. cachukis 12 hrs ago #30

I miss the old Google. Hell, I miss the old Alta Vista. haele 12 hrs ago #32

Anyone can make up a quote. GoCubsGo 10 hrs ago #36