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AI as a replacement of Google. When I wanted to learn about something the usual path was: google it. Go through dozens of links, discard, filter the good ones, read them, and gain the knowledge.

Nowadays I ask the question to the LLM and for every answer I demand the links/urls where the LLM get the info from. I still read the referenced web sites. It’s faster.

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Could you clarify why you would still go through the referenced website? I mean, let's say if you were to fix an Nginx file and you ran into an issue, would you still be going through the docs?

Just asking to understand if that's the best way to use AI, to keep our own brains working, or is there a different perspective on it?

I’ve seen where the LLM gets the right page, but jumbles of the facts and gives the wrong answer. If you want correct answers, go to the source material, not the AI summary. The source also tends to give additional information that provides context for a better mental model.

One could say it’s a way of “trust, but verify “

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