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NLP: How did we get here? Where do large language models fit?
- monkeybutton 4y ago>its bottomless
- isaacfrond 4y agoArticle doesn't really answer the question posed in the title. It is good question though. Entertaining as recent language models are, one of the few business models I see is improved search. The semantic bible search we had here a few days ago is an excellent example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31733673 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31733673 I mean who would have expected this Bible hit for 'open source software'? Proverbs 27:5 - Open rebuke is better than secret love.
- talolard 4y agoI came to the same conclusion on business models. I wish there was a way to know if that’s it, or is my imagination/knowledge restricted. I keep thinking of this quote I heard “When the car was invented someone could predict parking lots but no one could predict Walmart”