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I still stand by my meme:Vanadium 50 said:AI just makes it easier to find - or rather accurately guess - those answers.
jack action said:I feel like ChatGPT is closer to a search engine than anything else.
What does it do? It was fed the entire Internet and then spew something from there, based on a few keywords.
That is exactly what any search engine does. Just like search engines do, ChatGPT does not really verify the validity of the info.
The difference is that it gives only one answer and it puts it in nice sentences. This gives a false sense of security to the user that it is THE answer. Typical search engines do recognize their limitations and give more than one answer. It is up to the user to see how much they differ and, if they do, choose the one needed. They also don't alter the answer and they cite their sources, which is also very useful for the user to evaluate the quality of the answers.
jack action said:Here is a discussion with ChatGPT:
Did ChatGPT just invent the concept of the "f2j" tool, a python script to translate Fortran to Julia? Why Python? How did it form the idea of using this particular script? It didn't. It just threw the "Python" word in there because it seemed to fit a pattern of the words that are used. Even the "f2j" name seems so real. This again is just a result of a typical pattern.jedishrfu said:How to convert FORTRAN code to Julia?
Converting Fortran code to Julia code can be done manually by going through the Fortran code and rewriting it in Julia. However, there are also tools available that can assist in this process.
One such tool is the "f2j" tool, a Fortran to Julia translator. It's a python script that can convert a subset of Fortran code to Julia. Another alternative is using the package "Fortran.jl" which aims to provide an easy and efficient way to call Fortran code from Julia.
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What is the URL of the f2j tool?
I apologize for the confusion. There isn't an official "f2j" tool for converting Fortran code to Julia. It was a mistake in my previous response. Some community-made projects might help with this task, but it needs to be an official tool.
Sure, after reading this answer, a user might say "What a great idea! I'll make a script for this translator, and I'll use Python to do so!"
But this is no better than asking Google the same question:
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It actually gives us a real script as the first result! Google also throws the "Python" word around in the reddit link at the bottom. Probably because it fits some pattern that it found with the popularity of the word. After reading this answer, a user might say "What a great idea! I'll make a script for this translator, and I'll use Python to do so!"
The ChatGPT looks really smart because of the way the sentence feels like talking, but it really doesn't do much more than a search engine.
ChatGPT certainly does not work like modern search engines such as Google. They (Google and Bing) are moving closer to a hybrid model known as Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) though.jack action said:I still stand by my meme:
I did not say they work the same way but that they solve the same tasks, where the output for a given input is often very similar, just presented differently.Greg Bernhardt said:ChatGPT certainly does not work like modern search engines such as Google.
I asked Google "write me a poem about the website physics forums" and it gave me irrelevant websitesjack action said:I did not say they work the same way but that they solve the same tasks, where the output for a given input is often very similar, just presented differently.
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Irrelevant sounds a bit much. This is what I get as my first suggestion:Greg Bernhardt said:I asked Google "write me a poem about the website physics forums" and it gave me irrelevant websites
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One wasted my time and the other gave me exactly what I askedjack action said:Irrelevant sounds a bit much.