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LLMs are like the capacitive touchscreen that the iPhone introduced. A novel way to interface with computers. It’s being hyped like it’s the iPhone itself. But
by john2x 2y ago
LLMs are like the capacitive touchscreen that the iPhone introduced. A novel way to interface with computers. It’s being hyped like it’s the iPhone itself. But it’s really just one piece of it.
- rf15 2y agoIt also feels kind of garbage at some major tasks we actually want to use it for - just like typing text on a capacitive touchscreen.
- jsemrau 2y agoMaybe like the Pentium back in the day?
- john2x 2y agoYes, exactly. Which is why I still think LLMs are here to stay (in local-only form, none of these hosted solutions). We worked around capacitive touchscreen's limitations and quirks. But the hype and valuations around LLMs at the moment is about as ridiculous as if we were to hype whatever company was behind the iPhone's touchscreen back in 2007. And now these touchscreens can be bought by anyone off Aliexpress.
- edent 2y agoOr they're like the 3D TV screen. Something revolutionary and awesome which eventually fades into irrelevance.
- isodev 2y agoLLMs don’t feel like a transformative piece of tech. It’s more like the CD changer system you can install in the trunk of your car - “oh yeah that’s cool” but still CDs and sometimes it would lock up.
- marcosdumay 2y agoThat's to be expected. We are not plugging anything to it. Try to do that with a capacitive screen.