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Linus Torvalds on LLMs and other topics
- rf15 3y agoDisappointing to see that this article is just an AI-based transcription and nothing more. Why not link the original video here?
- jimjambw 3y agoThere’s a certain irony of the whole thing
- orf 3y agoBecause most people would like to read, rather than link to a random YouTube video with no context
- latexr 3y agoSuch an assertion given that confidently demands a source. I very much doubt most people have such an overwhelming preference towards reading that they’d prefer to read an automated transcript which may contain inaccuracies over watching the ten minute source. If what you said is true, YouTube’s most popular feature would be downloading subtitles.
- exe34 3y agoIt's like when somebody writes "It is well known that..." in a paper - the astute reviewer would then ask "Is it? Cite three papers then."
- latexr 3y agoI don’t mean a peer reviewed study as a source, we’re not evaluating a paper here. Rather, I was looking for any kind of justification to that user’s claim, because it sounded like one of those “this what I want, thus it’s what most people want too” cases. That idea is further reinforced from the other comments they got.
- antifa 3y agoThis is HN, not tiktok. Text should always be a first class citizen here.
- latexr 3y agoPerhaps read the guidelines before being snarky. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html This applies both generally: > Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. And specifically: > If you submit a video or pdf, please warn us by appending [video] or [pdf] to the title. There’s no rule against video.
- kelipso 3y agoThis thread was fun to read. Pretty sure you are trolling, right?
- al_borland 3y agoI went and watched the video instead of reading the article. I guess I’m not most people.
- tracerbulletx 3y agoI think most people probably prefer the format that best fits the content. In this case a live interview is best served by the original video and not someone trying to content farm it into an article. The ads this person has chosen for their site are also incredibly distasteful.
- moritzwarhier 3y agoI prefer to read
- latexr 3y agoDirect link to video timestamp mentioned in the post: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OvuEYtkOH88&t=20m30s https://youtube.com/watch?v=OvuEYtkOH88&t=20m30s
- consumer451 3y agoPreviously discussed, a tiny bit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39050923 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39050923
- junon 3y agoSomehow I expected Linus to be very anti-LLM but I actually share his viewpoint. I used to be pretty averse to the idea but it's since grown on me.