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Showerthoughts

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They use to tell us we couldnt trust Wikipedia. Now we know. Wikipedia is the only website you can trust. (self.showerthoughts)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd definitely be careful about made up stuff, but this sounds like an interesting idea.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Very careful. I never use anything from them directly. I just use them to give me a starting point on what to look for.

For example, if the AI tells me that some company is know for their low latency database, I'll look around for primary sources on the latency of the database compared to other vendors. I'll also look for evidence to the contrary.