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we’ve been taught to think of programs as sculptures, shaped by the creator to a fixed purpose. with LLMs, the greatest advance isn’t in being able to make larg
by ppqqrr 1y ago
we’ve been taught to think of programs as sculptures, shaped by the creator to a fixed purpose. with LLMs, the greatest advance isn’t in being able to make larger and more detailed sculptures more quickly; it’s that you can make the sculptures alive.
- rafterydj 1y agoBut who _wants_ a program to be alive? To be super clear, I love the tech behind LLMs and other transformers. But when discussing regular, run of the mill software projects that don't require AI capabilities - do you really need to have the understanding of the transcendental nature of LLMs to do that job well?
- ppqqrr 1y agousers.
- andrewflnr 1y agoUsers want programs to be predictable. Especially non-technical users.
- ppqqrr 1y agolaughs in clippy
- andrewflnr 1y agoI didn't realize I had to specify that "predictably useless" doesn't count.