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> There's no recognition that there are tasks that a language model is just fundamentally unsuitable for. I’m really not sure where you get that from. I think
by dougmwne 4y ago
> There's no recognition that there are tasks that a language model is just fundamentally unsuitable for.
I’m really not sure where you get that from. I think the best we can say is that they are currently unsuitable. Yes, today the applications are limited, but you can’t blame people for projecting this incredible progress into the future a bit and seeing glimpses of how much this could change work and productivity. Insider reports are surfacing that both Google and Microsoft will be adding LLM outputs to their search engine result pages. Seems like a big deal to me considering transformers are only about 4 years old.
- lolinder 4y ago> Insider reports are surfacing that both Google and Microsoft will be adding LLM outputs to their search engine result pages. Of course they are—they'd be incredibly stupid not to ride the hype wave while it lasts. A business choosing to take advantage of current trends is not evidence that those trends are founded in anything substantial.