Everybody Lies but it Doesn't Matter

In 1970s, when Poland was ruled by the communist's party, there was a popular saying:

Everyone lies but it doesn't matter because no one believes anyone

Fast forward 50 years and the situation has not materially changed. It is not even related to communists. Everybody lies. But we need to believe some people some time. Although it is hard in all the communication noise surrounding us.

I pointed to this problem in relation to Artificial Intelligence back in January 2023. I think at that time I had access to GPT-3. Now it is the all-heralded GPT-4 and still the amount of false information it spits out worries me. I wonder though, what is the level of trust people have in what the LLMs are spitting out. As everything they produce is super eloquent and even makes sense at a glance.

The example illustrated here is the question about the Channel Sounding feature of the upcoming Bluetooth Core specification. In short - what the GPT says - is all wrong. But it is wrapped in such a fluent and competent language that for those not in the know, it would be super difficult to realize what they get out is fabricated and untrue.