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You're ignored not because you're right or wrong, but because your unsolicited advice is not useful. For example, I can spin up any LLM and get it to translate
by hnfong 1y ago
You're ignored not because you're right or wrong, but because your unsolicited advice is not useful.
For example, I can spin up any LLM and get it to translate some English text into Japanese with maybe 99% accuracy. I don't need to believe whether it "really knows" English or Japanese, I only need to believe the output is accurate.
Similarly I can ask a LLM to code up a function that does a specific thing, and it will do it with high accuracy. Maybe there'll be some bugs, but I can review the code and fix them, which in some cases boosts my productivity. I don't need to believe whether it "really knows" C++ or Rust, I only need it to write something good enough.
I mean, just by these two examples, LLMs are really great tools, and I'm personally hyped for these use cases alone. Am I fooled by the LLM? I don't think so, I don't have any fantasy about it being extremely intelligent or always being right. I doubt most reasonable people these days would either.
So basically you're going about assuming people are fooled by LLMs (which they might not be), and wondering why you're unpopular when you're basically telling everyone they're gullible and foolish.
- naikrovek 1y ago> So basically you're going about assuming people are fooled by LLMs no assumption. people believe that these things think. I encourage you to hang out in non-technical places and listen to people talking about what LLMs do. "Mine has a personality!" People who do not understand the limitations of LLMs believe these things are alive.