{"id":11192,"date":"2024-06-01T19:10:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T02:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/?p=11192"},"modified":"2024-06-01T19:10:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T02:10:52","slug":"perplexity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2024\/06\/01\/perplexity\/","title":{"rendered":"Perplexity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you curious about the inner workings of generative AI and the reliability of its information? One of the issues that I have had with generative content is that I would want to know where the information being presented was found. Perplexity is a unique AI chatbot that can provide well-cited and dependable information. Its user-friendly interface provides easy navigation and presents information in numbered references, ensuring you get the accurate data you need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perplexity is a game-changer for students, learners, and researchers. It reveals its sources and organizes them, providing direct links for further exploration. This unique feature encourages deeper engagement with the material, enhancing understanding and knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another standout feature of Perplexity is its ability to parse through YouTube video scripts to extract information and reference which video the information was found in. This allows users like myself to pinpoint relevant videos and explore topics of interest, reducing the need to manually search (a potential of many) videos for information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perplexity is a great tool when you are curious about the details of the information you receive. It is available through internet browsers and as a downloadable app for iOS and Android. Discover more about it at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perplexity.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Perplexity.ai<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is an example of the program in use. I did a search for steps to stain a deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2024\/06\/Picture-Entire-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2024\/06\/Picture-Entire-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2024\/06\/Picture-Entire-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2024\/06\/Picture-Entire-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2024\/06\/Picture-Entire-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2024\/06\/Picture-Entire.png 1318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you curious about the inner workings of generative AI and the reliability of its information? One of the issues that I have had with&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2024\/06\/01\/perplexity\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Perplexity<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":100499,"featured_media":11196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[103],"class_list":["post-11192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobiletechnologies","tag-ai","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100499"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11192"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11198,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11192\/revisions\/11198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}