Q. Can I trust the answers that ChatGPT gives me?

ChatGPT is a platform, not a source of information. The answers it provides depend on the material used to build its knowledge base. If incorrect data was used to train it, ChatGPT will provide an answer based on that incorrect data.

Even if ChatGPT is trained on quality data, it’s not designed to give you correct answers. It’s designed to give you plausible answers based on recognized language patterns from its knowledge base. 

You should always check answers generated by ChatGPT or similar tools against reliable scholarly sources to make sure the information is correct.