Post AbkYV40pwLw7CJCl4y by garylerude@mindly.social
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(DIR) Post #AbfVkpi2twItcAaXb6 by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-11-10T16:09:23Z
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Yesterday, I wrote about Perplexity AI, a tool that immediately changed the way I search for information. I walk you through the simple reasons why (with screenshots) in my new email newsletter, AI Sidequest:https://ai-sidequest.beehiiv.com/p/ai-can-actually-trust#AIsidequest #AI #chatGPT
(DIR) Post #Abfkh5ngdFWpfqtwOW by abdalian@lingo.lol
2023-11-10T18:56:47Z
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@grammargirl my first query, “what's the word order of Tunica”, failed. It tried to determine the word order of the anatomical structures called “tunica" rather than the language. asking “what's the word order of the Tunica language?" it at least knew that it didn't know the answer (the Tunica language wikipedia page needs major work; i should fix that). I do LOVE LOVE LOVE that it cites its sources. I'll keep an eye on it!
(DIR) Post #AbflHRPVlPTh7avSe8 by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-11-10T19:03:19Z
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@abdalian Interesting. Thanks for sharing! If you do a Google search, do you get a good answer? Although it says it's pulling from multiple sources, in my limited experience, the sources all seem to be the same as what I'd get in a Google search.
(DIR) Post #AbflLDNTsYtOl3m8y8 by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-11-10T19:04:03Z
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@abdalian As someone who runs a website, I love that the sources are at the top and that they aren't tiny.
(DIR) Post #Abfm7NHMMyE1MlsPzM by abdalian@lingo.lol
2023-11-10T19:06:21Z
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@grammargirl Google suffers from the same issue; only 2 of the top 10 hits are about the language (the others being about anatomy). Looks like you're right: if Google surfaces good sources, Perplexity can do a good job of synthesizing them into prose with citations. If Google surfaces bad results, Nelly bar the door!
(DIR) Post #Abfm7O2rWMDrk66M1w by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-11-10T19:12:42Z
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@abdalian LOL!
(DIR) Post #Abfs7n4H5PQr4fL0Hw by JohnDA@social.vivaldi.net
2023-11-10T20:19:57Z
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@grammargirl many thanks for highlighting Perplexity AI. I got round to trying it this morning and it is likely something I’ll try out a more bit in future.Three things I liked are: (1) the summarising, (2) the clear indication of its sources and (3) the “Related” questions at the bottom. The “Related” were often very handy, either suggesting a query that gave a better summary or were complementary queries that help to explore further.Limitations appear to be that sources are only from the open internet (no different from search engines, of course) and the summary doesn’t always match the question or can miss important elements.After more straightforward questions, I decided to ask it about a contentious political topic in New Zealand. It’s clear from that that it is important to evaluate the reliability/biases of the sources Perplexity AI uses, just as would be needed with search engine results.
(DIR) Post #AbfsodMt1eT7RWTN2m by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-11-10T20:27:47Z
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@JohnDA Interesting (and always good to be skeptical and confirm things)! I haven't tried it for anything that would be a contentious or more opinion-based topic.
(DIR) Post #AbkYV40pwLw7CJCl4y by garylerude@mindly.social
2023-11-13T02:33:43Z
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@grammargirl Thank you for the tip about perplexity.ai. I love that it provides references, as does Bing (which uses ChatGPT, I believe). I'm also using Claude and like it's mission; however, it doesn't identify its sources. #AI
(DIR) Post #AbkflXiRyEkJdLPS4m by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-11-13T03:55:09Z
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@garylerude Thanks for letting me know! As someone who runs a website, I also like that the references are at the top instead of the bottom, and that they are in boxes instead of tiny lines of text. (It's been a month or so since I've tried Bing. I should probably give it a go again.)