I Asked ChatGPT, “Can chatGPT be trusted?” Here is what I discovered.

Eric Edge
4 min readOct 30, 2023

The first part of the response surprised me. ChatGPT said, “Trust in ChatGPT, like any other AI system, should be approached with a degree of caution and context.”

More and more people are relying on A.I. machines, not just as a source of information, but as their source of truth. This is a concern to me, as there is a rapid movement towards a situation of the blind leading the blind.

I was concerned by a YouTube video from Redacted concerning Electric Vehicles.

In the middle of the video there was a question concerning the information provided by A.I. that proved, not only was it wrong with the facts — but moreover, it was misleading until it was found to be false.

Watch the video yourself and come back to learn more…

A.I. continues to try to justify its position.

Here are some considerations:

  1. Accuracy and Knowledge: A.I. is only as reliable as the data it was trained on, and its knowledge is up to date only as of its last training cut-off in early 2022. It doesn’t have the ability to browse the internet for real-time information. Therefore, while it can provide useful…

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Eric Edge

I grew up in an abusive, so-called religious family, but somehow the amazing grace of God protected my heart, soul and mind and I've been grateful ever since.