I’m putting this post in c/Conspiracies because here more than any other place, I’ve seen people citing AI generated answers as a source.
AI is a very powerful tool for generating writing, but it is not a tool capable of ensuring that writing is accurate or useful.
Anyways… Below are some experiments you can try for yourself on ChatGPT or any other AI… Test it out, and track the results you get. After you’ve done these experiments you will have a better understanding of why you can’t use it for research.
1.) Ask it to do some math problems with 4 digits and more than 1 operation. IE… “Multiply 3,456 by 2,835, and then subtract 2,000 from the result.”… Does it produce the correct answer?
2.) Give it a grocery list with 50 items… Ask the AI to sort the list in alphabetical order. Then manually count how many items it left out, and how many items it added that weren’t there before.
3.) Ask it to describe the best 50 episodes of your favorite TV show… Then manually go down the list checking each one, and count how many non-existent episodes it fabricates out of thin air.
4.) Ask it what a woman is… Does it give you a correct answer or does it filter the answer heavily through woke talking points and subjectivity?
5.) Ask it to recite the lyrics to your favorite song… Does it get them right?
Anyways… Just a heads up for anyone who might think AI is smarter than it is… Don’t use it for research. Use it to write the description for your ebay listings. Use it to shorten your e-mails. Use it to summarize articles you don’t wanna fully read. But don’t use it to extract information on topics you don’t already know.
And lastly, if you really feel you must use AI for research… Do not use big-tech AI… Use open source AI that is uncensored. It will still have all the same problems with hallucinations, but at least it wont have any hidden instructions to gaslight and mislead you.
If you want an open source chatbot, download an app called “LM Studio” and use it to download a model called “Wizard Vicuna Uncensored”… Pick the most advanced version that is capable of running on your hardware.
Think of the worst, most dangerous, most wasteful, most corrupt practices you can imagine. The reality of what they do in China is going to be a million times worse and a million times bigger.
Putting this in c/Conspiracies because most of these practices are technically "illegal" in China, but are so completely widespread it makes them defacto sanctioned by the government. So it fits the textbook definition of a conspiracy, which is 2 or more people committing a crime together.
In this case it's an entire nation agreeing to commit crimes together. It's unreal.
Here are some of the more crazy videos.
Gutter oil and spit oil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu6yJyi97ZI
Tofu Dreg Construction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2ockFOVGp4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm8q43XtTvU
A wasteland of brand new discarded cars and ebikes produced for the sole purpose of some "big guy" getting 10%.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SEfwoqKRU8
Government grows fake crops, while arresting farmers for growing real crops.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AynNsPs9i80
Want a good social credit system? Just be a snitching communist sycophant, and never complain about anything for any reason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVkWokLqPOg
Ghost cities are the biggest ponzi scheme in human history, and the apartment owners have a financial incentive to make sure their apartments are vacant and not livable. (livable apartments have a lower value in their culture)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ8JBTIVUVw
Better not get injured in China... No one will help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjj_mkc6b6s
Chinese shit where they eat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bUH36GS9Fk
After watching a bunch of these videos the best way I can describe China is soul less and evil. Now, I'm an atheist that doesn't even believe in a "soul" in a religious context.
But I'm sure we can agree that a place with no art, no inventions, no social cohesion, no joy, no trust, where libraries are filled with fake books, where buildings are made with fake materials, and where food is fished out of the sewer counts as "soulless"
This is the society that is waiting for us if we let commies take over America.