[Hidden-tech] Question about ChatGPT and machine learning

[Marcia Yudkin]

Hi Viet,

I did ask for the URLs but the reply was that it was not a search engine and therefore not able to provide links.

When I inquired again just now, the ChatGPT replied that maybe the articles have been removed from the Internet and archived.  That doesn't really answer my question, though.  How was ChatGPT able to access them if I am not?  Is it that it was fed a version of the Internet from a couple of years ago?






On Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 01:08:50 PM HST, Viet Trang <viet.q.trang at gmail.com> wrote: 





Marcia, try asking ChatGPT itself whether the sources provided are factual or fictional, and for URL links if factual. It should be able to handle those kinds of prompts.

On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 4:59 PM Marcia Yudkin via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
> This question is for anyone who understands how the machine learning in ChatGPT works.
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> I've been finding ChatGPT useful for summarizing information that is widely dispersed around the web, such as questions like "what are the most popular objections to X?"  However, the other day for a blog post I was writing I asked it "What are some sources on the relationship of X to Y?"  It gave me four sources of information, including the article title, where it was published and who wrote it.  
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> This looked great, especially since I recognized two of the author names as authorities on X.  However, when I then did a Google search, I could not track down any of the four articles, either by title, author or place of publication.  I tried both in Google and in Bing.  Zilch!
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> Could ChatGPT have totally made up these sources?  If so, how does that work?
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> I am baffled about the explanation of this.  One of the publications involved was Psychology Today, so we are not talking about obscure corners of the Internet or sites that would have disappeared recently.
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> Thanks for any insights.
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