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Have you seen the "average" users of LLM? They mostly don't care about hallucinations. It's like that joke[1] "Computer says no", it doesn't matter what is true
by mmh0000 1y ago
Have you seen the "average" users of LLM? They mostly don't care about hallucinations. It's like that joke[1] "Computer says no", it doesn't matter what is true or real, only that the computer said it, so now that's true in their mind.
Personal anecdote: I work with beginner IT students, and a new, fun (<- sarcasm, not fun) thing for me is the amount of energy they spend arguing with me about basic, easily proven Linux functionality. It's infuriating, the LLM is more believable than the paid professional who's been doing it for 30 years...
I find it highly doubtful that hallucinations, if unsolved, will have any real negative effect on LLM adaptation.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_says_no https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_says_no
- alextingle 1y agoI think it's possible that people will learn not to trust LLMs.
- saulpw 1y agoI think it's possible but highly unlikely, given all the previous iterations of technology we've seen people come to trust despite its limitations.
- SR2Z 1y agoLike what? Every new form of media has a wild-west phase where people are credulous; eventually people end up jaded.
- f4uCL9dNSnQm 1y agoIt won't happen due to Gell-Mann amnesia. It "helps" that LLMs never admit to not knowing something. So from average user point of view it looks like the agents know everything and are only under-educated in the one domain the user is actually the specialist.
- Our_Benefactors 1y ago> It's infuriating, the LLM is more believable than the paid professional who's been doing it for 30 years... Swallow your fury, and accept the teachable moments; AI isn’t going away and beginners will continue to trust it when they lack the skills to validate its information on their own.