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Can relate to this. I really wonder if the people using AI to learn new skills are checking the output against non-AI sources?

I’ve tried making training content for topics I know well, and LLMs will leave out very important information or write long pages about irrelevant content. The dangerous part is that it all looks and reads plausibly.

Absolutely true. On domains I am an SME it fails miserably and tells me popular half truths. But after steering towards correction it can be accurate.

I tell it not to be confident sounding if the conclusion is not strong.

Sadly commercial models have hidden "helpful guardrails" that are not helpful and want to "balance" answers with garbage.

Its an art to steer but it can be done.

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