First time I actually was laughing with ChatGPT. There's this announcement that today's upgrade of the system came with improved factuality. https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes
Of course I had to test it. Nice. It can continue Fibonacci sequences, and it can continue 1, 0.5, 0.25, correctly. But it estimates rather than computes successive square-roots and can't really explain what it was doing there. Whatever.
Then I ask it for sources for the comparison between "specifications grading" and the "ungrading" movement. I get five books ... none of which actually exist with exactly those title, authors and years. My, my. Though this is not entirely useless, as always since: ...
Human: ... if only those existed. But yes, similar titles float around in that field, and some of those authors have made their careers with the topic. Thank you.
ChatGPT: You're welcome! I apologize for the confusion caused by the incorrect sources. It's great to hear that similar titles and authors do exist and are actively working on these topics.
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Oh my! Indeed. That's a relief to both of us. 😂😂😂 Similar titles exist.
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I'm sure factuality has improved if they say so. I'm also sure that there's scope for more improvement. Like an actual search for sources. Two more months, right?
