Trust but verify.
On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > and thus we have "knowledge"!! > > unless you're really your "own" expert, how do you know to trust > anyone on the 'net, or in person for the most part!! > > it's a tough task to handle! > > ymmv!! > > > On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM Tim via users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2025-11-28 at 10:53 -0500, Frank Bures wrote: > > > Out of curiosity I just asked Google AI, ChatGPT and Proton Lumo this > > > simple question: > > > > > > "What to do after changing /etc/default/grub in Fedora 43?" > > > > > > Only Google AI gave the correct answer. > > > > > > Beware of artificial idiocy. > > > > The trouble is they're all "educated" by the wisdom of idiots (what > > someone has said somewhere on the internet). People get things wrong, > > but proudly tell others what to do. What has to be done changes over > > time, and not everyone dates their information, or updates it, or > > removes it when it becomes invalid. > > > > I don't trust the artificial idiot to understand anything, it's just > > bad pattern recognition, as far as I'm concerned. The summaries of > > things I see on search engine results are like listening to an 8 year > > old explain something they don't understand, or one of those moronic > > corporate presentations by someone with a bare grasp on a subject or > > trying to dumb things down for their audience (to the point that it's > > oversimplified and wrong). > > > > About all I'd care to use it for is when it's used as a query > > recognition in a search engine, though you've always been able to do > > something like type "what is the population of Spain" into Google and > > get a summarised answer that's not a direct quote from a website. > > > > -- > > > > uname -rsvp > > Linux 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 4 14:43:51 UTC 2024 > x86_64 > > (yes, this is the output from uname for this PC when I posted) > > > > Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. > > I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. > > > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > -- ------------------------------ /\_/\ |O O| [email protected] ~~~~ Javier Perez ~~~~ While the night runs ~~~~ toward the day... m m Pepebuho watches from his high perch.
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