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My mental model for LLMs is that they’re a fuzzy compiler of sorts. Any kind of specification whether that’s BNF or a carefully written prompt will get “transla
by hardwaregeek 1y ago
My mental model for LLMs is that they’re a fuzzy compiler of sorts. Any kind of specification whether that’s BNF or a carefully written prompt will get “translated”. But if you don’t have anything to translate it won’t output anything good.
- danielvaughn 1y agoYep, exactly. "Garbage in, garbage out" still applies.
- gyomu 1y ago> if you don’t have anything to translate it won’t output anything good. One of the greatest quotes in the history of computer science: “On two occasions I have been asked, – "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question"