As a Student, I found larger models are still largely unreliable for many things, helpful but also useless
Summary
A student shares their experience with large AI models being unreliable for summarizing textbook material, noting issues with inaccuracies and nitpicking, and questions the perceived danger of AI based on these flaws.
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