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LLMs are literally truth-sounding machines. Which isn't to diminish their utility, but is to say it's smart to treat them like used car salesmen. Maybe they'r
by ethbr1 2y ago
LLMs are literally truth-sounding machines.
Which isn't to diminish their utility, but is to say it's smart to treat them like used car salesmen.
Maybe they're telling a true-sounding truth... or maybe it's just true-sounding.
- trescenzi 2y agoRight their purpose is to produce bullshit in the most technical sense[1]. There is no concern for the actual truth, just that the output sounds good. Edit: That’s not to discount the value of said bullshit or to say they are never correct. Simply that correctness isn’t what they are optimized for. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit
- timbit42 2y agoThe need to add an inference engine to them for fact checking.