User leverages LLMs as source-providing search engines on Mastodon

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-08-08 04:25

A Mastodon user shared their approach to using Large Language Models (LLMs) not for direct answers, but as a search engine. This method involves prompting LLMs to provide sources for the information they generate, which the user finds to be a reasonably helpful way to leverage their capabilities. AI

IMPACT Suggests a method for users to critically engage with LLM outputs by demanding source citation.

RANK_REASON User opinion/approach to using LLMs, not a primary release or significant industry event.

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User leverages LLMs as source-providing search engines on Mastodon

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@ alltherum I don't use LLMs to get answers. I use LLMs as a search engine and always ask them to provide sources. In that capacity, they are reasonably helpful

@ alltherum I don't use LLMs to get answers. I use LLMs as a search engine and always ask them to provide sources. In that capacity, they are reasonably helpful. # AI # LLM # ArtificialIntelligence # Copilot # ChatGPT # Grok # Gemini

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@ alltherum I don't use LLMs to get answers. I use LLMs as a search engine and always ask them to provide sources. In that capacity, they are reasonably helpful

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