--- title: Stop Citing AI | daily.dev description: Large language models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini predict likely word sequences rather than provide factual information. These AI systems can generate... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/stop-citing-ai-zo2swz9vu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Stop Citing AI | daily.dev og:description: Large language models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini predict likely word sequences rather than provide factual information. These AI systems can generate... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/stop-citing-ai-zo2swz9vu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zo2Swz9Vu.png og:image:alt: Stop Citing AI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Stop Citing AI **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 2 min read · 50 upvotes · 7 comments ## Summary Large language models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini predict likely word sequences rather than provide factual information. These AI systems can generate convincing-sounding responses, but they lack source attribution and may produce inaccurate or unreliable information through hallucinations. Treating LLM outputs as authoritative sources is problematic, as they represent common word patterns rather than verified truths. The piece emphasizes the risks of over-trusting AI-generated content, particularly in critical domains like medicine and law. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ricktonoli** · 4 upvotes > Nice! Maybe the right phrase is ... "But ChatGPT sequenced...", or something like that. **@spencerfietz** · 3 upvotes > A lab group I'm a member of recently had a meeting about AI and the PI put this exact sentiment into words in a way that really stood out. He said that the way that he interacts with AI is as though it were your drinking buddy Billy who likes to talk. If in a conversation you're asked "When did a Canadian team last win the Stanley Cup?" and you don't know, you might ask Billy, and Billy will probably give you an answer! BUT you can't take what Billy says as truth just because Billy says it. It might be right, or it might be wrong, and you have to do some due diligence to figure it out, and... **@asmundur** · 3 upvotes > You should treat what an LLM says the same way as you should treat whatever anyone else says. Don't trust it unless you can verify it. **@ja2024** · 0 upvotes > Why, when humans can be just as bad with cherry pick data and as my bias as AI slop. > (just trolling) **@a\_meb\_a** · 0 upvotes > citing AI, most mediocre thing. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [This is Why You Shouldn’t Rely on AI](https://daily.dev/posts/this-is-why-you-shouldn-t-rely-on-ai-um4wqsflk) · Code Like A Girl · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#chatgpt](https://daily.dev/tags/chatgpt), [#ethics](https://daily.dev/tags/ethics) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-citing-ai-zo2swz9vu) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Stop Citing AI","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/stop-citing-ai-zo2swz9vu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/stop-citing-ai-zo2swz9vu"},"datePublished":"2025-10-30T01:01:14.796Z","dateModified":"2025-10-30T01:01:36.654Z","description":"Large language models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini predict likely word sequences rather than provide factual information. 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Maybe the right phrase is … “But ChatGPT sequenced…”, or something like that.","datePublished":"2025-10-30T01:36:16.735Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/zo2Swz9Vu#c-NK02Z3838","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Rick Tonoli","url":"https://daily.dev/ricktonoli","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--1mKwVOZD--/f_auto/v1745813607/avatars/avatar_54gVqSdbL9DajhGSKNFpY"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"A lab group I’m a member of recently had a meeting about AI and the PI put this exact sentiment into words in a way that really stood out. He said that the way that he interacts with AI is as though it were your drinking buddy Billy who likes to talk. If in a conversation you’re asked “When did a Canadian team last win the Stanley Cup?” and you don’t know, you might ask Billy, and Billy will probably give you an answer! BUT you can’t take what Billy says as truth just because Billy says it. It might be right, or it might be wrong, and you have to do some due diligence to figure it out, and you probably wouldn’t ask Billy for that fact if it was really important, you’d just look it up yourself.","datePublished":"2025-11-05T16:11:52.539Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/zo2Swz9Vu#c-zMRsYSM8e","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Spencer Fietz","url":"https://daily.dev/spencerfietz","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/52582291?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"You should treat what an LLM says the same way as you should treat whatever anyone else says. Don’t trust it unless you can verify it.","datePublished":"2025-11-05T08:31:39.970Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/zo2Swz9Vu#c-Rf1uwcGeO","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Asmundur Gudjonsson","url":"https://daily.dev/asmundur","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OvFUoEga--/f_auto/v1716570572/avatars/avatar_PeX2HvjmT1erIepSKluaw"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Why, when humans can be just as bad with cherry pick data and as my bias as AI slop.\n(just trolling)","datePublished":"2025-11-06T17:05:11.786Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/zo2Swz9Vu#c-eaTzYH7qC","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"ja","url":"https://daily.dev/ja2024","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"citing AI, most mediocre thing.","datePublished":"2025-11-12T11:17:07.177Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/zo2Swz9Vu#c-V760NycfK","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Phillippe Michel Weir","url":"https://daily.dev/a_meb_a","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--BwH-uTMq--/f_auto/v1740136991/avatars/avatar_N403VFK9lAHNRwlSAhl1h"}}]} ```