Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) on Nostr: Finally, the chatbots-as-search paradigm encourages us to just accept answers as ...

Finally, the chatbots-as-search paradigm encourages us to just accept answers as given, especially when they are stated in terms that are both friendly and authoritative.

But now more than ever we all need to level-up our information access practices and hold high expectations regarding provenance --- i.e. citing of sources.

The chatbot interface invites you to just sit back and take the prepackaged AI slop as if it were "information". Don't be that guy.

/fin