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I see Google’s deal with Reddit is going just great…

  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 months ago

    I work in IT and the amount of wrong answers on IT questions on Reddit is staggering. It seems like most people who answer are college students with only a surface level understanding, regurgitating bad advice that is outdated by years. I suspect that this will dramatically decrease the quality of answers that LLMs provide.

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      7 months ago

      It’s often the same for science, though there are actual experts who occasionally weigh in too.

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          7 months ago

          Not really. A lot of surface level correct, but deeply wrong answers, get upvotes on Reddit. It’s a lot of people seeing it and “oh, I knew that!” discourse.

          Like when Reddit was all suddenly experts on CFD and Fluid Dynamics because they knew what a video of laminar flow was.

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            7 months ago

            That’s what I meant. I have seen actual M.D.s being downvoted even after providing proof of their profession. Just because they told people what they didn’t want to hear.
            I guess that’s human nature.

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              7 months ago

              I get you. Didn’t mean to come across as a “that guy”. So completely agree with you. The laminar flow Reddit shit infuriated me because I have my masters in Mech Eng and used to do a lot of CFD. People were talking out of their ass on “I know laminar flow!”

              Well, see, it’s more than that. It’s not just a visual thing and…

              “Ahhhh! I know laminar flow! Downvote the heretic!”

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      7 months ago

      I was able to delete most of the engineering/science questions on Reddit I answered before they permabanned my account. I didn’t want my stuff used for their bullshit. Fuck Reddit.

      I don’t mind answering another human and have other people read it, but training AI just seemed like a step too far.