Public Service Announcement: Do NOT rely on ChatGPT's <sarc>advice</sarc> on fixing or configuring TrueNAS

[Samuel Tai]

This is because ChatGPT will happily make stuff up in such a manner that sounds plausible, but is fundamentally GIGO (Garbage In - Garbage Out).

 

[Ericloewe]

I simultaneously can't believe we need to say this and am flabbergasted that several people did not intuitively understand how terrible of an idea this would be.

Think of every crappy AVR system you've dealt with on the phone; every worthless support chat bot for your ISP, power company or whatever; every story of machine vision failing at relatively basic tasks...

 

[NugentS]

I tried using GhatGPT to configure traefik and some other containers.
It didn't turn out well

 

[danb35]

What's next? "Don't use ChatGPT to write the main control code for your missile defense system"?

 

[Samuel Tai]

What's next? "Don't use ChatGPT to write the main control code for your missile defense system"?

I suspect there's a not-insignificant proportion of tax filers this year attempting to use ChatGPT to fudge their returns. Good luck with that.

 

[Ericloewe]

What's next? "Don't use ChatGPT to write the main control code for your missile defense system"?

What about optimizing code that will be compiled to MIPS R4300 to manipulate geometry?

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

This is because ChatGPT will happily make stuff up in such a manner that sounds plausible, but is fundamentally GIGO (Garbage In - Garbage Out).

I have no clue why you'd say this. What better to fix a computer than a computer???

 

[NugentS]

"Windows for Warheads" - coming soon from a Microsoft Partner near you

 

[Volts]

"Windows for Warheads" - coming soon from a Microsoft Partner near you

The Missile Knows Where It Is...

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[WI_Hedgehog]

Honestly, after working on discontinued embedded systems controllers (PLCs), I don't see the issue with ChatGPT setting up servers. Because really, how bad could it be???

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[joeschmuck]

What's next? "Don't use ChatGPT to write the main control code for your missile defense system"?

I know you are joking but I can confirm that we do not do that. No virtual anything in this line of work, not even simulations. We use the real hardware and test all the firmware and software out rigorously.

 

[NugentS]

In 1979 programmers at NORAD almost started World War III when they accidentally ran a computer simulation of a Soviet attack.

The Computer Simulation That Almost Started World War III

Remember the 1983 movie WarGames? The film is about a computer “game” with the potential to start thermonuclear war. But strangely this scenario is more truth than fiction. Because in 1979 programmers at NORAD almost started World War III when they accidentally ran a computer simulation of a...

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[joeschmuck]

That is funny. In my little multi-report script, in the -config screen, if you hit a button on the first screen not on the list, it will ask you if you want to play a game. That movie is where I got the line.

 

[Arwen]

Let us not forget the "real" 1983 incident;

1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Davvo]

Feels like the "do not put babies in the waching machine" line you find in manuals.

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

Feels like the "do not put babies in the washing machine" line you find in manuals.

That one I don't understand.

If a carwash is a machine to wash cars, why wouldn't a smaller washing machine be more efficient at washing babies?

ChatGPT seems to think it's a great idea.

 

[jpmcgillivray005]

That one I don't understand.

If a carwash is a machine to wash cars, why wouldn't a smaller washing machine be more efficient at washing babies?

ChatGPT seems to think it's a great idea.

I have always found the "Do NOT use as infant formula!" line on coffee creamer a funny one.

 

[HoneyBadger]

I have always found the "Do NOT use as infant formula!" line on coffee creamer a funny one.

I'm a big fan of "Do not use in shower" on hair dryers.

It's not just unsafe, it seems downright Sisyphean.

 

[Sparkey]

Computer lie ??????

Say it ain't so.

 

[ThreeDee]

Sis·y·phe·an
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adjective
adjective: Sisyphean

1. denoting or relating to a task that can never be completed.
   "the pursuit of perfection is a Sisyphean task"
   
   
   
   
   I've never used that word in a sentence before .. Now I Must!