The Librarian: Can we prompt ChatGPT to generate reliable references? — from drphilippahardman.substack.com by Dr. Philippa Hardman
Lessons Learned
- Always assume that ChatGPT is wrong until you prove otherwise.
- Validate everything (and require your students to validate everything too).
- Google Scholar is a great tool for validating ChatGPT outputs rapidly.
- The prompt works better when you provide a subject area, e.g. visual anthropology, and then a sub-topic, e.g. film making.
- Ignore ChatGPT’s links – validate by searching for titles & authors, not URLs.
- Use intentional repetition, e.g. of Google Scholar, to focus ChatGPT’s attention.
- Be aware: ChatGPT’s outputs end at 2021. You need to fill in the blanks since then.