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The point is that you can't trust it because language models are bullshitters. What's the point of a search you have to verify through another search afterwards
by amrocha 4y ago
The point is that you can't trust it because language models are bullshitters. What's the point of a search you have to verify through another search afterwards.
- masfuerte 4y agoAs long as it's not wrong too often, a black box that coughs up answers which are hard to find but easy to verify is very useful.
- nico 4y agoGreat way to put it!
- amrocha 4y agoI can see that, and I think that's a great way to use LLMs right now. But I worry that people will start taking their word at face value and not verify. Not to mention the areas that are difficult to verify.
- fauigerzigerk 4y agoPeople will also start to publish these false and unverified claims. We will then find the resulting articles and comments when we try to verify what the LLM is telling us. This is nothing new in principle but the size of the problem will most certainly grow.
- TeMPOraL 4y ago> What's the point of a search you have to verify through another search afterwards. Related terms. Even though an answer generated by an LLM is most likely wrong, and definitely can't be taken at face value, the words and phrases used in that answer can be exactly what you need to create a search query that you wouldn't be able to otherwise.
- galaxyLogic 4y agoThat's a good use-case for LLMs. Find related terms. But I wonder couldn't google add such a function without AI. Some kind of Thesaurus.
- TeMPOraL 4y agoLLMs are a kind of thesaurus, in a way - but instead of just words, they also handle phrases, sentences and whole paragraphs. The conversational interface is just a gimmick on top. Also, thesaurus isn't a good tool for exploring an unknown problem domain. It gives synonyms, not related terms. LLMs let you input a layman description of your problem, and get an answer that's using correct domain terms and phrases (even if using them incorrectly). I imagine Google will add such a function. They probably tried already - I've heard that current search is already powered by ML models to a degree.
- prox 4y agoCurrently I use you.com , because it adds sources after most queries.