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> With LLMs instantly see "how it's done" for my exact problem case which makes me learn way faster. No, you see a plausible set of tokens that appear similar
by dingnuts 2y ago
> With LLMs instantly see "how it's done" for my exact problem case which makes me learn way faster.
No, you see a plausible set of tokens that appear similar to how it's done, and as a beginner, you're not able to tell the difference between a good example and something that is subtly wrong.
So you learn something, but it's wrong. You internalize it. Later, it comes back to bite you. But OpenAI keeps the money for the tokens. You pay whether the LLM is right or not. Sam likes that.
- Spivak 2y agoThis makes for a good sound bite but it's just not true. The use case of "show me what is a customary solution to <problem>" plays exactly into LLMs strength as a funny kind of search engine. I used to (and still do) search public code for this use case to get a sense of the style and idioms common in a new language/library and the plausible set of tokens is doing exactly that.
- margalabargala 2y ago> So you learn something, [...] You internalize it. Or they don't.