Overview
The following is a brief experiment to explore how and why ChatGPT makes up fake references. The point of this experiment is not to negate the brilliant work of the scientists and engineers at organizations such as OpenAI but to better appreciate the workings and affordances of these innovations to be able to best make use of these tools. Some extra caveats are that this represents a moment in time and the outcomes you see may be different. Any opinions expressed within this post are those of the author and are not necessarily representative of any official position by the Macquarie University administration on these matters.