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My intuition here is that it's because people don't always say what they mean, or know how to describe what they want. I've been working on a database migratio
by slfnflctd 4y ago
My intuition here is that it's because people don't always say what they mean, or know how to describe what they want.
I've been working on a database migration recently, and I look forward to the rare moments when I get to write queries and analyze actual data. The vast majority of my billable hours are spent trying to tease out the client's needs by going over the same ground multiple times, because their answers keep changing and are often unclear.
It takes a lot of processing to figure out an implementation for someone who will straight up describe their requirements incorrectly. Especially when a higher-ranking person comes back from vacation and says "no, everything you nailed down in the last two weeks is completely wrong".
I don't think any of the current LLMs are going to handle these types of very common situations better than an experienced human any time soon. It's like that last 1% of self driving which may actually require AGI. No one can say for sure because it's not cracked yet. I think most of us will continue to have job security for quite a while.
- anileated 4y ago> Especially when a higher-ranking person comes back from vacation and says "no, everything you nailed down in the last two weeks is completely wrong". Yes, and at some point this high-ranking person is fed up with this now-inefficient use of time and money enough that they will just sort this out using an LLM tuned to handle this situation better if not today then tomorrow. Maybe they will pay someone to coach them for a week how to “talk” to LLM, but other than that the one who gets paid in the end is OAI/MS.
- mejutoco 4y agoImagine how angry this hypothetical person will be when they get the same problem from the LLM, after all those extra steps.
- anileated 4y agoImagine an LLM tuned to eliminate misunderstanding and ask why at least 5 levels deep… Without fearing to irritate the boss or to create an impression of being not smart, both possibly harmful for human career but irrelevant to unthinking software tool.
- disgruntledphd2 4y agoI too like science fiction. People keep acting like it will be easy to bolt on things like eliminate misunderstandings onto LLMs and quite frankly I would be incredibly surprised if that happens any time soon.
- anileated 4y agoEliminating misunderstanding comes down to willingness to ask more questions if you have low confidence. The main reason this doesn’t happen is subordinates afraid to look stupid or lose jobs. None are concerns to an unthinking machine.