I had an intern who was writing his report and was doing calculations that were obviously wrong. I asked him how he got there and what his sources were for the formula.
He told me to hang on, he’s going to re-check the section.
A couple of hours later he gets back to me and says, the formula is in fact right. Again I ask for sources and he shows his chat with ChatGPT.
It was just his very broken maths formula with the followup question: Is this right?
Eager to please ChatGPT was confirming that …
I had an intern who was writing his report and was doing calculations that were obviously wrong. I asked him how he got there and what his sources were for the formula.
He told me to hang on, he’s going to re-check the section. A couple of hours later he gets back to me and says, the formula is in fact right. Again I ask for sources and he shows his chat with ChatGPT. It was just his very broken maths formula with the followup question: Is this right? Eager to please ChatGPT was confirming that …
Wonder where he’s at now …