Perplexity AI Is A BS Machine? Wait Whaaat?

JJ reacts to daily stock investing, stock market, and economic news. Today, Wired magazine has a new investigation into AI search engine, or rather answer engine, Perplexity, and doesn’t like what it found.
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[@waldov86]

Loving perplexity, not just the search, also the sharing function. Where it still lags behind Google is shopping, speed (like for translations or calculations) and just needing to go to a website of some company.

[@jjstockstoday]

Yep, each still have their uses. I do still use both, and GPT as well, but I've found Perplexity to be great for quick answers to most questions.

[@jjstockstoday]

What are your thoughts on Perplexity AI?

[@ab-js2gw]

AI will be another fusion power just around the corner and decade away.

[@jjstockstoday]

I assume you mean AGI? It seems closer than that now but I guess progress could slow.

[@ab-js2gw]

@@jjstockstoday I think biggest mistake people make is assumption that innovation follows linear upward progression path, which is mostly not the case.