Comments on: My grandfather died in 1977, and he scrupulously avoided any involvement with politics, https://habitablezone.com/2023/04/30/my-grandfather-died-in-1977-and-he-scrupulously-avoided-any-involvement-with-politics/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:03:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2023/04/30/my-grandfather-died-in-1977-and-he-scrupulously-avoided-any-involvement-with-politics/#comment-51880 RL Tue, 02 May 2023 03:42:15 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=99601#comment-51880 Your grandfathers story was included in the CHATGPT training set. It is likely future improved AIs will simply add to that training set... So, his story will be part of the genetic makeup of what may become the first new sentient being on Earth in millions of years. I rather doubt your grandfather expected this surreal turn of events.... Your grandfathers story was included in the CHATGPT training set. It is likely future improved AIs will simply add to that training set… So, his story will be part of the genetic makeup of what may become the first new sentient being on Earth in millions of years.

I rather doubt your grandfather expected this surreal turn of events….

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2023/04/30/my-grandfather-died-in-1977-and-he-scrupulously-avoided-any-involvement-with-politics/#comment-51878 RL Mon, 01 May 2023 14:49:26 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=99601#comment-51878 I will send you an email... I will send you an email…

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2023/04/30/my-grandfather-died-in-1977-and-he-scrupulously-avoided-any-involvement-with-politics/#comment-51877 ER Mon, 01 May 2023 04:38:18 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=99601#comment-51877 There never was a Cuban Nationalist Party. There was a Cuban National Party, but it disbanded in 1901, when my grandfather was 6 years old. ChatGPT has amazing access to information, but sometimes it is just dead wrong. It should not be trusted as far as veracity or completeness is concerned, I do not find it a fault for not knowing stuff, but I fear it has a tendency to just make things up. That makes for a very unreliable research assistant. For example, my grandfather never dubbed for television. In 1910, during his reputed role in the cigar factory strike, my grandfather was still a teenager, living in Cuba. And the Tampa cigar workers strike didn't occur until the 1930s. I can understand chatgpt not being able to access information, or perhaps accessing bad information, but I can't explain why it is providing non-existent information, There never was a Cuban Nationalist Party. There was a Cuban National Party, but it disbanded in 1901, when my grandfather was 6 years old.

ChatGPT has amazing access to information, but sometimes it is just dead wrong.
It should not be trusted as far as veracity or completeness is concerned, I do not find it a fault for not knowing stuff, but I fear it has a tendency to just make things up. That makes for a very unreliable research assistant.

For example, my grandfather never dubbed for television. In 1910, during his reputed role in the cigar factory strike, my grandfather was still a teenager, living in Cuba. And the Tampa cigar workers strike didn’t occur until the 1930s.

I can understand chatgpt not being able to access information, or perhaps accessing bad information, but I can’t explain why
it is providing non-existent information,

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