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The purpose of this story is for the author to recount their experience in an entertaining way that's pleasant to read. Why would you want to use an LLM to summ
by nyx 3y ago
The purpose of this story is for the author to recount their experience in an entertaining way that's pleasant to read. Why would you want to use an LLM to summarize it? That'd be like finding an interesting-looking novel to read at the bookstore, then buying the Cliff's Notes instead.
I've thus far kept myself mostly isolated from and ambivalent about the GPT hype, but this comment, even if it's somewhat tongue-in-cheek, really says a lot about where the technology is going to take us as a species. I'm not thrilled about it.
- lionkor 3y ago> That'd be like finding an interesting-looking novel to read at the bookstore, then buying the Cliff's Notes instead. Wait until you find out how people read "a book a day" or "ten books a week".
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- op00to 3y agoI skipped most of the article because it was boring. I was vindicated by the ending where nothing happens.
- rafram 3y agoThe point of reading a story like this is to enjoy the act of reading it, not to claim a reward for reaching the conclusion. It's genuinely saddening how angry people in this thread are getting over the idea of reading for reading's sake.
- op00to 3y agoI guess the beauty of not finding your lost airpods is lost on me. The shame.
- theshrike79 3y agoYou must be the type who enjoys reading the short story before each recipe on the internet too and doesn't skip straight to the actual part where they tell you how to cook the dish they've been writing about for 10 chapters already.
- theshrike79 3y agoNothing about the article told me that it was just a short story about trying to find a pair of AirPods. I expected some technical insights because it was posted to HackerNews, but nope. I'm glad I'm old enough so I can browse text pretty fast, didn't take me too long to skip to the end.
- robbiep 3y ago‘I optimise my life so much that I use an algorithm to summarise articles. In so doing, I am oblivious to the art of content creation for the pleasure of it, as well as its converse, content consumption for the pleasure of it’
- theshrike79 3y ago"I use an algorithm to decide if an article is just purple prose or does it have an actual message." I read Brandon Sanderson's books. I don't have any issues with consuming long-form text =)