ChatGPT is not a search engine. We used to have those. They even used to work. Now all they do is show ads and use generative AI (emphasis on generative) to make up things that look kinda right.
Ever do one of those games where you pick a starting word, then just keep hitting autocorrect to add new words until you get a sentence? Gen AI is just a bigger version of that.
AI ransacks all the (usually stolen) data that's been plugged into it looking for the words in your prompt, and pulls everything out that may be tangentially related, because the words in your prompt are also in various pieces from its database. It does not know how to sort these for relevance or accuracy. So it just takes everything, throws it all into a blender, and the amorphous blob it spits out is what you are given.
This is not research. This is not a search engine. Its like if someone took a bunch of books, cut out words and phrases, stirred them all together, and then started making new sentences from the allotment of words and phrases collected, just with keywords you chose. There is no thought process behind this. The "intelligence" part of "artificial intelligence" is a lie. It's not based on logic, expertise, research, or understanding. It's based on probabilities and keywords, and stringing together words that kind of make a sentence.
If you need to find credible sources for your research, use JSTOR, which is all academic research and resources. Use your local library to find actual books by experts.
Hell, use Wikipedia if you just need something fast â their pages are aggressively monitored for accuracy, vigorously annotated and sources cited (or marked as such when citation is still needed), and there's a full list at the bottom of each page of the works cited. That means you can trace the information back to the source for more detailed information or to verify it for yourself. You can even view a record of all revisions made to each page (top right of the article header, button for "View History"), as well as discussions by contributors on what sections need revision, citation, or correction (top left of the article header, button for "Talk").
Doing your own research means that you can check for yourself if a source is reputable. You gain knowledge and train your brain just from hunting down the particular pieces you need. Even if some of that peripheral knowledge isn't the specific answer you were seeking originally, it may help you contextualize that answer and understand it better. It may end up being relevant information you need later. If nothing else, it's just another thing you've actually learned.
On the other hand, as others have said before â gen AI isn't a tool for learning. It's a tool for avoiding learning.
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