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> that I don't entirely understand That's the bigger issue in the whole LLM hype that irks me. The tacit assumption that actually understanding things is now o
by xg15 1y ago
> that I don't entirely understand
That's the bigger issue in the whole LLM hype that irks me. The tacit assumption that actually understanding things is now obsolete, as long as the LLM delivers results. And if it doesn't we can always do yet another finetuning or try yet another magic prompt incantation to try and get it back on track. And that this is somehow progress.
It feels like going back to pre-enlightenment times and collecting half-rationalized magic spells instead of having a solid theoretical framework that let's you reason about your systems.
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoWell... I'm torn here. There is a magic in understanding. There is a different magic in being able to use something that you don't understand. Libraries are an instance of this. (For that matter, so is driving a car.) The problem with LLMs is that you don't understand, and the stuff that it gives you that you don't understand isn't solid. (Yeah, not all libraries are solid, either. LLMs give you stuff that is less solid than that.) So LLMs give you a taste of the magic, but not much of the substance.