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> The point being --- any "answer" from an LLM is questionable. If that’s the point, then you should say that instead of saying that they don’t provide answers
by JimDabell 1y ago
> The point being --- any "answer" from an LLM is questionable.
If that’s the point, then you should say that instead of saying that they don’t provide answers. They very clearly do provide answers and this weird rhetorical nonsense is grating.
If a human got the question wrong, would you conclude that “humans don’t provide answers”? Getting questions wrong is normal. It doesn’t mean that the entity class that got the questions wrong is incapable of giving answers, it just means they aren’t perfect.
- jqpabc123 1y agoGetting questions wrong is normal In the realm of computing, it is not. This is why people use them. People *expect* computers to provide quick and reliable answers. Or at least they used to --- before LLMs.
- JimDabell 1y agoYou are avoiding the point. I ask an LLM “What is the capital of France?” and it answers “Paris.” If you see that and say “LLMs don't provide answers.” then you have let your ideological opposition to AI overwhelm your reason and mislead you into saying very silly things that are obviously untrue, and you really need to reconsider your position so that you stop doing that. You can say that they are unreliable all you want. You can still criticise LLMs! Just don’t get so twisted out of shape that you start speaking utter nonsense.