searching a specific problem, on what search engine it is..

no satisfactory answer. what else is there? other than just asking questions on lemmy?

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[–] 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I've found AI to be absolute dog shit for any technical issues I've tried using it to find answers for. Every time I've wasted 10-15 minutes reading and trying to verify it's nonsense before I give up and just find answers the old fashioned way (or wing it and hope for the best if I can't). It's also crap at finding products, which you would think would be an easy one.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago* (2 children)

    What's an example of a technical issue?

    I use it more to rubber duck and also scaffold or search Google and it self to link me to things that I then can read. Other times if I'm reading something and I don't understand I'll again feed it into it and then talk it through with it. It's so much faster than trying to do it with search engines now

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    A recent one was trying to fix the overscan on a retropie I was trying to get working on my TV. Nothing it told me worked and it changed answers or provided shit that it hallucinated several times.

    There was also the time where I was trying to alter a program for a macropad I have that it was just spitting out nonsense.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    Ah bummer. I find things wrong here and there. My favorite is when you don't do anything and ask if it's sure. Sometimes without any new input it'll say "you're right I'm totally wrong the answer is....."

    I just see it as a tool. I don't have much luck searching through endless forums or documents for hours just to find the section i need is worthwhile. I can at get to a direct answer and if it's wrong I troubleshoot like I do anyways.

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