It could have some tangential uses, done responsibly. “Hey Claude, check the source material for all of these citations and find any that disagree with the way they’re being used in the Wikipedia article.”
And then, critically, you have a human review that output.
The temptation to skim and feel like you’ve done all the hard work in looking it up and synthesizing after only just hitting the lazy button is wild. I use deep research functions a lot for work and I was super naive in my ability to grasp the underlying knowledge off reading that content let alone trusting it. Found my knowledge was super squishy or lacking depth to answer any questions or leverage it with any meaningful degree that i normally would have prior to this tech.
Its been embarrassingly harder than I would like to admit in trying prevent myself from using it in that way other than just a fancy google search. The temptation is there like fast food ready to hit my veins - but I am getting better
Yep. I’ve been using AI more for work and if I’m not vigilant it will fuck up. It’s like having a very fast intern. You still have to check their work carefully.
I’m the same. AI search is usually my first port of call these days because traditional search engines are so shit now. I’d estimate that its summaries are around 80% accurate. Yet, even knowing that, i still have to fight the temptation to just accept what it says and instead check the sources
It could have some tangential uses, done responsibly. “Hey Claude, check the source material for all of these citations and find any that disagree with the way they’re being used in the Wikipedia article.”
And then, critically, you have a human review that output.
That last part is the real zinger lol
The temptation to skim and feel like you’ve done all the hard work in looking it up and synthesizing after only just hitting the lazy button is wild. I use deep research functions a lot for work and I was super naive in my ability to grasp the underlying knowledge off reading that content let alone trusting it. Found my knowledge was super squishy or lacking depth to answer any questions or leverage it with any meaningful degree that i normally would have prior to this tech.
Its been embarrassingly harder than I would like to admit in trying prevent myself from using it in that way other than just a fancy google search. The temptation is there like fast food ready to hit my veins - but I am getting better
Yep. I’ve been using AI more for work and if I’m not vigilant it will fuck up. It’s like having a very fast intern. You still have to check their work carefully.
I’m the same. AI search is usually my first port of call these days because traditional search engines are so shit now. I’d estimate that its summaries are around 80% accurate. Yet, even knowing that, i still have to fight the temptation to just accept what it says and instead check the sources
I just don’t even look at the summary. I skim it to find the part I want and then I look at the sources.