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English speakers tend to miss a huge use case: Translation.

rvz 4y ago
A 'use-case' done worse with LLMs especially with reliability. Translation is already done without a hallucinating LLM and can be done offline. Summarization of existing text is the *only* safe and serious use-case for LLMs.
- fomine3 4y ago
  Machine translation is already not reliable even without LLMs, so it's not weak point of LLM translation.
- staunton 4y ago
  How is summarization "safe"? The summary might be wrong just as well. The use-case is anything where occasional bullshit output is an acceptable downside to speeding up. More reliable outputs will enable more use-cases.
  - alexvoda 4y ago
    And what is a business that is fine with occasional (or frequent) bullshit output? Fake-news and spam.
    - staunton 4y ago
      Every business is fine with some frequency of bullshit output at some level. The question is how often exactly it happens and how much harm the bullshit can cause.
      - alexvoda 4y ago
        My point was that spam is the perfect use case for this tech. Of course there are other possible use cases, but spam and fake news content creation are the perfect fit. AI will enable one to easily clone the writing style of any publication and insert whatever bullshit content and keep up with the publishing cycle with almost zero workforce. Want a flat-earther version of New York Times (The New York Flat Times)? Done. Want a just slightly insidiously fascist version of NPR? Done. Want a pro-Nato version of RussiaToday (WestRussiaToday)? Done. And we already know people share stuff without checking for veracity and reliability first.
- int_19h 4y ago
  GPT-4 translates much better than anything else out there, esp. when it comes to idioms and manner of speech.
lionkor 4y ago
DeepL.com? You dont need a general purpose LLM to do translation.
- famouswaffles 4y ago
  GPT-4 is a much better translator than Deepl especially for far apart languages.
numpad0 4y ago
I do wonder where LLM translator would take us to, considering that Japanese version of Bing Image Creator[0] is still proudly displaying a complete nonsense… 0: https://www.bing.com/create https://www.bing.com/create 作成 *芸術* 開始日 AI を使用した単語

rvz 4y ago

A 'use-case' done worse with LLMs especially with reliability. Translation is already done without a hallucinating LLM and can be done offline. Summarization of existing text is the *only* safe and serious use-case for LLMs.

fomine3 4y ago
Machine translation is already not reliable even without LLMs, so it's not weak point of LLM translation.
staunton 4y ago
How is summarization "safe"? The summary might be wrong just as well. The use-case is anything where occasional bullshit output is an acceptable downside to speeding up. More reliable outputs will enable more use-cases.
- alexvoda 4y ago
  And what is a business that is fine with occasional (or frequent) bullshit output? Fake-news and spam.
  - staunton 4y ago
    Every business is fine with some frequency of bullshit output at some level. The question is how often exactly it happens and how much harm the bullshit can cause.
    - alexvoda 4y ago
      My point was that spam is the perfect use case for this tech. Of course there are other possible use cases, but spam and fake news content creation are the perfect fit. AI will enable one to easily clone the writing style of any publication and insert whatever bullshit content and keep up with the publishing cycle with almost zero workforce. Want a flat-earther version of New York Times (The New York Flat Times)? Done. Want a just slightly insidiously fascist version of NPR? Done. Want a pro-Nato version of RussiaToday (WestRussiaToday)? Done. And we already know people share stuff without checking for veracity and reliability first.
int_19h 4y ago
GPT-4 translates much better than anything else out there, esp. when it comes to idioms and manner of speech.

lionkor 4y ago

DeepL.com? You dont need a general purpose LLM to do translation.

famouswaffles 4y ago
GPT-4 is a much better translator than Deepl especially for far apart languages.

numpad0 4y ago

I do wonder where LLM translator would take us to, considering that Japanese version of Bing Image Creator[0] is still proudly displaying a complete nonsense… 0: https://www.bing.com/create https://www.bing.com/create 作成 *芸術* 開始日 AI を使用した単語