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Please tell me what quantum leap was provided by LLMs. Please inform me of any developments that made current LLMs possible. I contend that there are none. Wit
by probablybetter 2y ago
Please tell me what quantum leap was provided by LLMs.
Please inform me of any developments that made current LLMs possible.
I contend that there are none. Witness the actual transformer kernel technologies over the last 20 years and try to find a single new one.
Neural Networks? that's 90's technology.
Scale is the only new factor I can think of.
This is an investor-dollar driven attempt to use brute-force to deliver "magical" results when the fundamental technology is being mis-represented to the general public, to CTOs, and even to Developers.
This is dishonest and will not end well.
- hyhconito 2y agoNailed it.
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- Bluestein 2y agoI am slowly coming 'round to the same conclusion: Word2Vec might be as fundamental as fire - all due caveats aside, of course ...