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Re: Grok does a much better job with this question than Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude

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Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
> Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>> Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
>>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
> 
>>>>> https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5_b061e567-1729-4ed1-8de4-d92582667a7b
> 
>>>>> Have fun answering that question with google etc
> 
>>>> That AI actually shows the search terms and results it's used when
>>>> you click on "sources" at the bottom, so you can actually see how
>>>> you could have got results like this with the info in a web search:
> 
>>>> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255257954
> 
>>>> It did translate your garbled question
> 
>>> Nothing garbled about the question
> 
>>>> into search terms quite   well,
> 
>>> And google doesnt do that
> 
>>>> I didn't guess your "Mobile carrier string that is dialled"
>>>> meant the USSD codes.
> 
> Your problem

Oh thank you for going back up the thread and making sure we didn't
miss that important observation that escaped you the first time.

>>>> But then it's weird that it describes themas   "The USSD codes (like  
>>>> *61...*XX#)".
> 
>>>> What's the "*61..." prefix   about?
> 
>>> That's the bit of the string that tells it
>>> you are changing the delay till voicemail
> 
>> Then it should say "The USSD codes for changing voicemail settings
>> (like *61...*XX#)", so it doesn't read as a general definition of
>> "USSD codes".
> 
> It doesnt read like a general definition of USSD codes

Examples in brakets after a term define the term.

>>>> You just use *XX#, eg. "*150#" to show your phone number.
> 
>>> It isnt about showing you the phone number
> 
>>>> Again it wastes my time double checking that it's makingup   nonsense
>>>> instead of me misremembering things myself.
> 
>>> The obvious way to check if its made up nonsense is to try turning
>>> live voicemail off and see if that fixes the problem, fuckwit
> 
>> Then when it makes up nonsense
> 
> It didnt do that

It does at least one time in ten according to the study, and a lot
more often when you're asking questions that don't have answers all
over the web that are easily found with a decent web search anyway.

>> you go and mess up settings that are   irrelevent.
> 
> That setting is completely relevant and its trivial
> to reset it back to what it previously was if it
> doesn't do what the AI claimed it would do.
> 
> Even you should be able to manage that
> 
> And that's all you can do if you are stupid
> enough fart around using google instead

There you can read actual accounts of what worked and judge whether
your problem is similar, rather than being sucked into some AI
fantasy land with misleading statements and advice taken and
shuffled around from irrelevent webpages without context.

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Grok does a much better job with this question than Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-15 07:44 +1000
  Re: Grok does a much better job with this question than Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-04-15 09:11 +1000
    Re: Grok does a much better job with this question than Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-15 09:32 +1000
      Re: Grok does a much better job with this question than Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-04-16 08:30 +1000
        Re: Grok does a much better job with this question than Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-16 10:40 +1000
          Re: Grok does a much better job with this question than Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-04-17 08:27 +1000
            Re: Grok does a much better job with this question than Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-17 09:34 +1000

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