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> They are statistical token (text) document generators. That's it. I don’t know why people post this as some kind of slam dunk.

• urban_alien 11mo ago
  Not a slam dunk, just a factual statement
• latentsea 11mo ago
  At the end of the day, it's true? There are times where that suffices, and times where it doesn't.
  • wiseowise 11mo ago
    It might be true, but it is extremely reductive and used pejoratively. > That’s not a book, that’s just a soup of letters! That’s not an art, that’s just paint on a sheet! That’s not an instrument, that’s just a bunch of crap glued together! If you’re edgy cynic and treat anything this way, that’s fine. But if you’re singling out LLMs just because you don’t like them, then you’re a hypocrite.
    • brazukadev 11mo ago
      If you think calling a calculator a calculator is offensive to the point of calling someone a cynic and hypocrite you might be a bit too invested