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		SpeedilyDamage on Feb 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Ba... For what it's worth, when I ask these kinds of questions (rarely anymore), I'm looking more at how the problem is solved, not what the solution is. A wrong answer with good thinking is better than a correct answer with no explanation.

jokethrowaway on Feb 4, 2023 [–]

Chatgpt can provide you a great explanation of the how.

Oftentimes the explanation is correct, even if there's some mistake in the code (probably because the explanation is easier to generate than the correct code, an artifact of being a high tech parrot)

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