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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@CppGuy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CppGuy</span></a></span> so it's not even a summary of the fictional character (i.e Jack Sparrow, Spock, Teal'c, …) it spewed out!</p><ul><li>So <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a> would've at least pulled the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> article instead.</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaosfurs.social/@darkrat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>darkrat</span></a></span> So it can't even regurgitate sample code based off existing documentation?</p><ul><li>That's worse than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a> cuz they at least point at a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StackOverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StackOverflow</span></a> or the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/documentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>documentation</span></a> instead…</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://federate.social/@mattblaze" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mattblaze</span></a></span> and that's why anyone who even mentions <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> gets kicked off premises by me.</p><ul><li>Cuz people on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LSD</span></a> are way more respectful, less nosy and quieter than all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> bs that is just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> and that are worse than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cleverbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cleverbot</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a> combined)...</li></ul>
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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hci.social/@RaphaelWimmer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RaphaelWimmer</span></a></span> it's called <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a>, m8!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Laukidh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Laukidh</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>0xabad1dea</span></a></span> <em>Exactly!</em></p><p>In the end, everyone from 1st level to instructor is just looking up <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ServerFault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ServerFault</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StackOverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StackOverflow</span></a> via <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> and/or reading <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/manpages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manpages</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/documentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>documentation</span></a> all the time.</p><ul><li>Being able to quickly find the correct solution out of the reliable sources is the most important skill, <em>not</em> the ability to memorize every small parameter of every CLI tool there is...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@danana_dread" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>danana_dread</span></a></span> wtf?</p><p>See, this is why I only use <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monocles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monocles</span></a> <a href="https://monocles.eu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">monocles.eu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> since even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a> nowadays is flooded with shit like that...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@Gegenwind" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Gegenwind</span></a></span> was als <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a>"</em> vermarktet wird ist <em>bestenfalls</em> eine Mischung aus <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CleverBot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CleverBot</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a> und 4chan-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitposts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shitposts</span></a>! </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WolframAlpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WolframAlpha</span></a> kann wenigstens Gleichungssysteme lösen!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> also most those "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a>"s do is being a shitty version of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CleverBot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CleverBot</span></a> with some <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a> from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> and a way worse interface and options than <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WolframAlpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WolframAlpha</span></a>.</p><p>I don't see how anyone thinks that's revolutionary, cuz actual <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>'s like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/@Hoppel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Hoppel</span></a></span> do exist but take years to train in realtime, since they learn not dissimilar from children...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sunny.garden/@AuZL" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AuZL</span></a></span> this ties in with most tests of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GithubCopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GithubCopilot</span></a>:</p><p>Both do well in basic questions and boilerplate code and their answers are on-par to unrefined <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a> from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StackOverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StackOverflow</span></a>...</p><p>They do work for well-documented (abeit hidden) features and code.</p><p>They only fall flat on their face when it comes to bleeding-edge stuff...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://easymode.im/@anniethebruce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>anniethebruce</span></a></span> found what you were looking for?</p><p>Also <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> has some clever <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/syntax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syntax</span></a> stuff like shortcuts for sites/services and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rodhilton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rodhilton</span></a></span> *nodds in agreement*</p><p>As much as one can criticize <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/duckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duckDuckGo</span></a> for a lot of their search results being bad [don't use them for anything re: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> cuz they'll vomit up <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/transmisogynist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transmisogynist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a>] they at least know how to make their <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a> work and spit out the correct result to something from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StackOverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StackOverflow</span></a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ServerFault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ServerFault</span></a> 97,5% of the time...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@ashiisbest" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ashiisbest</span></a></span> Yeah.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a>'s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a> makes it easy to automagically find shit on it...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nixCraft</span></a></span> it's not <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ShitpostingAsAService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShitpostingAsAService</span></a> that killed <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StackOverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StackOverflow</span></a>, but it's passive-agressive &amp; elitist <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> that tend to delete/cancel questions by newcomers even if those ain't duplicates.</p><p>There's a reason I only search SO via <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a> and don't post any question there: </p><p>Because it's a toxic cesspool in between <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WikiPedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WikiPedia</span></a> where mods rant harder than anything <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.kernel.org/users/torvalds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torvalds</span></a></span> said re: nvidia (no offense m8, that rant is deserved!)...<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2lhwb_OckQ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=i2lhwb_Ock</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://witches.live/@B_Whitewind" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>B_Whitewind</span></a></span> Well, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> tried stuff like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Github" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Github</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Copilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copilot</span></a> and it can't do much beyond suggesting simple, single-digit liners you'd find on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StackOverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StackOverflow</span></a> via <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a>'s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a> feature...</p>