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> LLMs should not be seen as knowledge engines but as confidence engines. The thing I like best about LLM is when I ask question about some technical problem,
by galaxyLogic 1y ago
> LLMs should not be seen as knowledge engines but as confidence engines.
The thing I like best about LLM is when I ask question about some technical problem, and it tells that it is a KNOWN problem. It thus gives me confiidence that I don't need to spend time) to look for solution where there is no good soloution. Just go around it somehow. It let's me know I'm not the only person with this problem. And that way it gives me confidence that I'm not stupid, the problem is a real problem.
As an example I was working with WebStorm and tried to find a way to make the Threads-tab the default tab shown when debugger opens. AI told me there is no way it knows about. Good, problem solved, solved by finding out there is no solution.
- adamhartenz 1y agoThis is the kind of stuff AI lies about all the time. I can get it to tell me "That is some good insight, and is a known issue..." with things I make up out of thin air.
- LeroyRaz 1y agoBe careful. The models easily hallucinate problems and misdiagnose. For example, I had an issue with some GPU code, and it assured me, with utter conviction that my problem was caused by some subtle race condition ('a known issue') that the model described in great when the real issue was just a trivial typo - no race condition, no subtly or complexity.