I guess one more thing I'm wondering about is this bullet point from the
description of Perplexity Pro:
"Upload and analyze unlimited files"

Could I upload the 20,000 pages of Nokia documentation and then get correct
answers about stuff?  Maybe I'll pay $20 and give that a try.


On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 8:51 AM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I just gave Perplexity (free version) two questions where I know how GPT
> responded.
>
> "How do I configure OSPF export filters on Arista EOS?"
> This answer was accurate, in fact it was more concise than what I got from
> chat GPT.
>
> "How do you configure an XGS-PON interface on the Nokia ISAM 7360?"
> This answer was wrong.  Now, to be fair, Nokia has a lot of products, and
> I think what it gave me was the correct commands for a different Nokia
> product.  It's the right sort of syntax you'd see on a Lucent/Alcatel/Nokia
> product, it's just wrong for the ISAM 7360.
>
> Another difference between those questions is Arista's documentation is
> freely available on the web whereas Nokia's documentation requires an
> account and login to access.  The reason I'd look for help on Nokia is
> specifically because the commands can vary, and the documentation is too
> much to digest for a mere human.  The doc package for the ISAM 7360 is
> >20,000 pages.  That's not counting release notes, white papers, forum
> posts, and technical notes.  So this is the exact sort of thing I really
> would like help researching and it gave me a wrong answer on the first
> test.
>
> I followed up with "These instructions may be for a different Nokia
> product. Are you sure they will work on 7360 ISAM?"  It provided several
> citations and concluded, "....therefore the instructions I provided should
> be applicable to the 7360."
>
> The first citation is a reddit post about configuring the ports on an NT
> (ethernet) card.  It apparently learned the naming convention of PON ports
> from another source and adapted the instructions on reddit using the NT
> card command syntax and inserting the PON port names.  That's an impressive
> bit of learning and correlating sources, and it's the sort of thing a human
> might try while learning the platform.  It's still wrong though.
>
> -Adam
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 7:27 PM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote:
>
>> Anybody here use AI on a daily basis, like for research or creative
>> purposes?
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m an AI naysayer, but this looks awfully attractive.  There’s a free
>> tier, or unlock the full capability and almost unlimited queries for
>> $20/mo.  I’m not sure I could do a decent eval on it though.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.howtogeek.com/perplexity-is-the-only-paid-ai-chatbot-you-need-heres-why/
>>
>> https://www.perplexity.ai/pro
>>
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