Re: chatGPT for troubleshooting Oracle errors

 >> Rimini Street can't supply patches without breaking the law, so you're stuck on the version you have.

Not sure if that is true, because then I don't understand how Rimini Street could have even /existed /for the past 2 decades or so?

But pretty certain that "breaking the /law/" is the wrong description, and "violating a /contract/" is a better description of Rimini's risk.  It's a civil issue, not a criminal issue;  an important distinction.  :)

On 1/20/2023 9:49 AM, John Thomas wrote:
> Wow.
>
> Rimini Street can't supply patches without breaking the law, so you're
> stuck on the version you have. But I guess you understand that. Your
> boss...?
>
> I'd keep an eye on the jobs lists.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Regards, John
>
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2023, 17:19 Sandra Becker, <sbecker6925_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> To save money, the company canceled our support contract with
> Oracle a couple of years ago.  This means a lot of searching for
> answers and relying on the kindness of people on oracle-l.  They
> finally contracted with Rimini Street last year, but so far we've
> been able to find answers before they came back to us with solutions.
>
> Suffice to say my boss is NOT a DBA.  He frequently tries to tell
> us how to do things when he has no clue what he's talking about. 
> I did try using chatGPT for a couple of the errors we are
> encountering building our standbys, but they were not very
> helpful.  I still have access to MOS, just can't open tickets, and
> that has been more helpful, as well as posting on oracle-l.
>
> Sandy
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 12:59 AM John Thomas <jt2354_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Neil. I hear what you are saying, but it comes back with
> some surprisingly well-written and accurate answers to
> specific questions about Oracle. I wonder if it's read the
> manuals... and what the legal implications of that are.
>
> Recommend you sign up for an account and give it a try :-)
>
> (Not that you'd rely on it for serious answers to production
> questions, I still suspect the OP's boss is a bit too much of
> a sci-fi fan, but for curiosity. I think it's doing something
> other than returning the "average" answer.)
>
> Regards,
>
> John Thomas
>
>
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 at 23:24, Neil Chandler
> <neil_chandler_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> AI’s tend to work on average opinion. If you are happy
> with your first Google hit giving you the correct answer,
> then ChatGPT will also be fine. They work on a similar
> method of answers to google, where popularity and
> “average” is more important than accuracy.
>
> The more accurate your input, the better your outcomes
> will be with an AI - it does have some value - but from my
> attempts to get great answers from ChatGPT I was largely
> disappointed at how anodyne the answers were. We aren’t
> there yet.
>
> Neil.
> sent from my phone
>
> > On 19 Jan 2023, at 21:26, Sandra Becker
> <sbecker6925_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > My boss is pushing my DBA team to use chatGPT for
> troubleshooting Oracle errors instead of using google or
> MOS.  Has anyone had experience using it for this
> purpose?  What has your experience been? Would you
> recommend it as another tool in the toolbox or as a
> replacement?
> >
> > Would appreciate any feedback.
> >
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> > Sandy B.
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