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Makes you wonder how much broken code LLMs have been trained on via StackOverflow questions.

stephenr 3y ago
I guess LLMs in general could be thought of as just a faster way to copy and paste bad S/O code, so perhaps it's just the next logical step of "fail fast" for people who need to fail faster than they can copy and paste. /s On a serious note: the one thing I think an LLM would be perfectly suited for, I haven't seen anyone make yet: producing real-enough sounding copy text, as a better replacement for Lorem Ipsum (aka Lipsum) text. The point of Lipsum is that the text is gibberish and thus should be ignored, so the focus is on the important factors: layout, colours, design, functionality. But in 20 years I've never once seen a non-technical person who could grasp that concept, so it's defeats the whole purpose it's being used. Of course it's also inevitable that some Lipsum will end up in the final product sometimes too, which confuses non-technical people and highlights an obvious failure to technical people. LLM powered text waffling on about the topic would be perfect. It doesn't matter if it hallucinates shit, it just needs to seem correct at a casual glance and it's already a massive improvement. Essentially Turbo/Retro/Hyper Encabulator[1], in text. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nKk_-Lvhzo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nKk_-Lvhzo
- inkcapmushroom 3y ago
  >Of course it's also inevitable that some Lipsum will end up in the final product sometimes too I'd think this would happen much more often if instead of Lorem Ipsum you switch to something that looks at a passing glance more realistic.
  - stephenr 3y ago
    Possibly, but it's also much more passable to non technical users I think. "The text is wrong" is a scenario anyone can understand. "The text looks like Latin" doesn't make sense to anyone who doesn't understand what Lipsum is, so they just think it's completely broken.

I guess LLMs in general could be thought of as just a faster way to copy and paste bad S/O code, so perhaps it's just the next logical step of "fail fast" for people who need to fail faster than they can copy and paste. /s On a serious note: the one thing I think an LLM would be perfectly suited for, I haven't seen anyone make yet: producing real-enough sounding copy text, as a better replacement for Lorem Ipsum (aka Lipsum) text. The point of Lipsum is that the text is gibberish and thus should be ignored, so the focus is on the important factors: layout, colours, design, functionality. But in 20 years I've never once seen a non-technical person who could grasp that concept, so it's defeats the whole purpose it's being used. Of course it's also inevitable that some Lipsum will end up in the final product sometimes too, which confuses non-technical people and highlights an obvious failure to technical people. LLM powered text waffling on about the topic would be perfect. It doesn't matter if it hallucinates shit, it just needs to seem correct at a casual glance and it's already a massive improvement. Essentially Turbo/Retro/Hyper Encabulator[1], in text. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nKk_-Lvhzo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nKk_-Lvhzo

inkcapmushroom 3y ago
>Of course it's also inevitable that some Lipsum will end up in the final product sometimes too I'd think this would happen much more often if instead of Lorem Ipsum you switch to something that looks at a passing glance more realistic.
- stephenr 3y ago
  Possibly, but it's also much more passable to non technical users I think. "The text is wrong" is a scenario anyone can understand. "The text looks like Latin" doesn't make sense to anyone who doesn't understand what Lipsum is, so they just think it's completely broken.