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One way to view the use of LLMs is by purpose or intended outcome. Some examples include: * A user has in their brain a definite statement, thought, or concept

One way to view the use of LLMs is by purpose or intended outcome. Some examples include: * A user has in their brain a definite statement, thought, or concept they wish to translate to words-on-the-page. They use an LLM to explore different ways to express that definite statement/thought/concept. * A user has a question they then pose to the LLM, hoping that the LLM's answer is truthful/not-truthful/funny/interesting/etc. * A user has a vague idea of something they may want to say and poses the question to an LLM to explore the infinite ways the answer could mutate. * etc. etc. LLMs have many possible uses and their effectiveness varies with the use and output requirements. ------ Back to the article: I'm reminded of an interesting split in the woodworking world between "hand toolers" and "power toolers." In the end, both camps may arrive at the exact same output but individuals can sometimes seem fanatical as to the correct/true/authentic/efficient/better method.

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Today I used ChatGPT to create some recipes. That recipe bot just highlights exactly what ChatGPT is: none of the things you've listed above. ChatGPT simply vomits out terms it's hoovered up with no context or understanding of how things work. For instance I got: Chocolate Tomato Sausage Surprise where I was instructed to pour tomato sauce and mustard over some sausages before pouring chocolate over the whole dish and then cooking it in the oven. I got a pasta dish where I was instructed to cook dry pasta and then add a sauce made from tinned pasta. I'm sure everyone's seen the suggested mocktail made from ammonia and bleach by now. How about a cream sauce made from mayo, tinned peaches, honey, and lollipops? Can interest you in some "Corn Syrup Surprise" in which you pour corn syrup over a cheese, tinned meat, and aspic mixture? It's cooked in the oven. How about some turmeric meat stew? Just boil some tinned meat in vinegar. It spit out a spicy cupcake recipe with no flour. Half a cup of cream mixed with a quarter cup of hot sauce for the frosting though. Meanwhile with no GPT intervention I made an unintuitive corn and grape cake today from a recipe that a human wrote. Absolutely delicious. Of course a human would know why corn and fruit pair together so well (and how to pull it off).

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inferiorhuman 3y ago

Today I used ChatGPT to create some recipes. That recipe bot just highlights exactly what ChatGPT is: none of the things you've listed above. ChatGPT simply vomits out terms it's hoovered up with no context or understanding of how things work. For instance I got: Chocolate Tomato Sausage Surprise where I was instructed to pour tomato sauce and mustard over some sausages before pouring chocolate over the whole dish and then cooking it in the oven. I got a pasta dish where I was instructed to cook dry pasta and then add a sauce made from tinned pasta. I'm sure everyone's seen the suggested mocktail made from ammonia and bleach by now. How about a cream sauce made from mayo, tinned peaches, honey, and lollipops? Can interest you in some "Corn Syrup Surprise" in which you pour corn syrup over a cheese, tinned meat, and aspic mixture? It's cooked in the oven. How about some turmeric meat stew? Just boil some tinned meat in vinegar. It spit out a spicy cupcake recipe with no flour. Half a cup of cream mixed with a quarter cup of hot sauce for the frosting though. Meanwhile with no GPT intervention I made an unintuitive corn and grape cake today from a recipe that a human wrote. Absolutely delicious. Of course a human would know why corn and fruit pair together so well (and how to pull it off).