Re: What to do, if chatgpt gives a wrong answer

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 14:55:11 +0200 "Christos Margiolis" <christos@freebsd.org> wrote:

"Christos Margiolis" wrote:
> On Sat Oct 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM CEST, ft wrote:
> > Hello, 
> >
> > When I ask ChatGPT a question about FreeBSD, I very often get the wrong
> > answer. Does FreeBSD have a plan for improving the quality of answers
> > so that it can be taken into account in the next version?
>
> I'll bite, even though it's not the appropriate mailing list.
>
> Why should we take any LLM into account for the next version? We have
> documentation (man pages, handbook, other docs), and real people you can
> speak to. There is no reason to waste already scarce resources to
> improve ChatGPT.
>
> Christos

Agreed.  A very old music hall joke :
  "Doctor! Doctor! It hurts when I do this ... !  "Well, don't do that then!"
ie Don't expect quality AI about small moving targets (eg FreeBSD).

AI will do better against static large targets, where a vast general
public can be tempted to contribute responses free for AI to hone improvements.
That's not us.

AI is proving useful to smaller groups eg doctors, ("Did you also
consider the rare XYZ disease?") I assume theres lots more doctors
in the world than FreeBSD users, & some doctors will see it as part
of their paid job to correct false responses from AI.
That's not us.

Unpaid volunteer time seems better spent improving FreeBSD & docs, not 
inefficiently correcting old AI mis-understanding of a moving target.

If/ when AI learns source code & SVN etc, all bets off though - Shudder !

Cheers,
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