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I categorically do not want an LLM regurgitating answers at me. What I want is a librarian, who can sift through the impossibly vast oceans of information and
by kibwen 3y ago
I categorically do not want an LLM regurgitating answers at me.
What I want is a librarian, who can sift through the impossibly vast oceans of information and point me at resources that are relevant to my query.
- spdif899 3y agoAs others have mentioned in nearby threads, Kagi has some good examples of this in action. Appending a question mark to your query will run a GPT model to interpret and summarize the results, providing sources for each reference so that you can read through in more detail. It's way less "trust me bro" than google and feels more like a research assistant.
- therealdrag0 3y agoWhy not? A librarian leaves you with more work to do. An LLM is an assistant that adapts the information to your specific scenario saving you work.
- brink 3y agoLet me choose how much work is enough for me. I don't need an LLM wiping my butt, and I enjoy reading the filtered results; not all work is bad.
- therealdrag0 3y agoThe same could be said about the librarians job. Sure pick your own level of involvement.
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- namaria 3y agoAn LLM is not an assistant. It's a tool that will fill up the gaps with plausible sounding content. If it happens to have a lot of data on what you're looking for in its training good. If not, you SOL, risking being fooled by confidence.
- therealdrag0 3y agoSure and that’s still useful.
- RoyalHenOil 3y agoBut less useful than a librarian.
- therealdrag0 3y agoThe beauty of tools is you can pick the tool based on the job. Personally I use both search and ChatGPT4 and Copilot in IDE at various times throughout any day.
- Gud 3y agoNot if the tools changes? Like in this example, where Google Search is no longer a librarian(though arguably it hasn’t been a good one for 10+ years) but has become a chat bot. Where to go if I want the Google search of 1999?
- therealdrag0 3y agoThey’re not replacing search results are they? I thought just adding more content to the page. Otherwise, try Bing or Kagi.
- worewood 3y agoI agree but for people like you and me that use HN. But a big majority of people can't even read properly. That's why LLMs are disruptive. You think they're dumb, you should see some people I work with.
- yosame 3y agoI feel like context is far more important than the actual answer. If you want to develop your skills, it's just as important to be aware of the things that aren't the answer, rather than just a single hyper-specific curated answer.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoOr it'll flat out hallucinate information.
- therealdrag0 3y agoOf course. But one can know it can hallucinate and I still get value from it.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoThat's fair. I've gotten value out of hallucinations. But the source was typically in a ziploc bag, not a piece of software.