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gulliver

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18. It's useful as a tool, so far

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 03:26 PM

21 hrs ago

I think of it as a better Google, much better. You definitely have to check its results, whether you're a doctor, lawyer or, as in my case, a software engineer.

I don't trust "humans plus Google." With a human in the loop, you inevitably get motivations like greed, fear, egomania, resentment, etc., polluting the output. Add AI to the loop (without taking out the human), and you can attenuate the bad human stuff.

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