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Can I dispute the results from a AI chatbot built on top of a LLM that has been shown to be inaccurate/make things up nearly two-thirds of the time?

Yes, I can…

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^This little exchange here pretty much sums up the real problem in this discussion.

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:D:D:D
You old cynic! What could possibly go wrong with such a set up?

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You really have no idea what you are talking about do you, just keep living in that made up world of yours.

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More like another example of deflection, jfman.

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Well, all I get from you guys is constant questioning the source of links rather than any attempt to answer the points made. It’s a classic response from people with no answers.

It’s pretty pointless trying to have a discussion with people who just want to belittle, disrupt and troll because they are receiving views that conflict with their own. It’s a shame, because this could be a really good forum if all views were entertained, but there you go.

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Chat GPT isn't a source when it doesn't even provide figures, let alone substantiate them.

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On the contrary, we took Ofcom at face value this week. The problem is that *you* weren’t interested in Ofcom’s list of potential answers. You just keep reciting their summary of the problem as if that somehow proves your point.

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I ran that statement through ChatGPT, and it’s reply* was

*not really :D

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You still haven’t come up with any facts to dispute that information. You use the same tactic with all the links posted that you don’t like unless the message is in line with your own argument - again, without engaging on the points made.

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I did consider Ofcom’s responses, but they did not appear to me to be relevant to what the TV industry wants.

You will be saying the same a day before DTT switch-off, just to be annoying.

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Except there is no reasoned debate on here, that was my point.

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Nobody needs a fact to dispute that costs are “significant” since the term is entirely subjective. Relative to what?

You only need to open your eyes to see that rational capitalists use DTT to a greater extent than they are mandated to. They could simply not renew their licences - and I’d welcome that if they wanted to come 2035. So why the urge to crash the system too? If someone else wanted to use it, that’s the free market, inniit?

That’s like your local Tesco closing down and torching it so Asda can’t use it.

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You do know that the line "we've had enough of experts" was there to win over the hard of thinking. :D

It's not anyone's strategy and Ofcom' solutions can't be discarded because they don't fit your philosophy.

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Exactly - there is your view, and everyone else is wrong if they dont share it ... :dunce:

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https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...et-access.html

Ofcom find 5% of the UK population don’t have internet at home. Whole countries have television markets smaller than this.

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So what? Public broadcasters have failed to support retaining a terrestrial TV service, and other commercial broadcasters such as Sky will not waste time with it either.

Some of the much smaller channels may wish to continue broadcasting, but they won’t capture much interest, and the cost of the infrastructure will mean the current system will be rendered unviable.

As I have said repeatedly, in the end, if the TV industry decides to go IPTV only, then IPTV it will be. Internet refuseniks will then have to reassess their view on this.

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Have they? According to every list I see there’s plenty of channels on DTT and satellite on a discretionary basis that could be withdrawn tomorrow if rational capitalists in the marketplace chose to do so.

I have every confidence rational capitalists will continue to do so far beyond 2035.

Starmer’s government is unpopular enough without telling millions of people they need to pony up for internet services they don’t want or need to watch television.