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I know right? To me it feels like cheating in an exam, where I ask a know-it-all who gives a straight answer without me understanding it, but then it turns out
by dinvlad 3y ago
I know right? To me it feels like cheating in an exam, where I ask a know-it-all who gives a straight answer without me understanding it, but then it turns out that the know-it-all didn’t know it very well either, but just appeared confident, so we both failed the exam.
- lakySK 3y agoIf you treat LLMs as know-it-alls and just copy the output, then your expectations of the current generation of LLMs are too high. That doesn’t mean they’re not useful though.
- dinvlad 3y agoOK let’s say if I don’t, how can I make sure what I get is correct, even after a few iterations?
- hxugufjfjf 3y agoYou ask it to explain its reasoning step by step. This has also proven to yield more accurate results. Look into Chain of Thought
- dinvlad 3y agoIt’s not very good at explaining stuff though. One example: ask it to explain a subtle joke, and it will keep failing in funny ways. This is not surprising though, as these kinds of models (LLMs) were specifically optimized for generation, not explanation.
- hxugufjfjf 3y agoIt's extremely good at explaining technical things like solving programming problems.