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Wow, it sure didn't take long to show a complete lack of familiarity in the field. It seems like that's going to be a real weakness with LLMs based on volumes o
by kurthr 4mo ago
Wow, it sure didn't take long to show a complete lack of familiarity in the field. It seems like that's going to be a real weakness with LLMs based on volumes of material that are later discovered to be semi-fraudulent and unmotivated by scientific principals.
https://stanforddaily.com/2023/12/31/blockbuster-alzheimers-paper-retracted-by-former-stanford-president-after-a-decade-of-resistance/ https://stanforddaily.com/2023/12/31/blockbuster-alzheimers-...
- DavidSJ 4mo agoAs noted elsewhere in this thread, which you seem not to have read, I discuss that matter in the article, which you also seem not to have read.
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- kurthr 4mo agoNot only have I read it, I know people mentioned in it. There aren't very many.
- DavidSJ 4mo agoYou read the article in which I discuss the matter you say I was unfamiliar with?
- thechao 4mo agoI'm responding to a random comment: I was in molecular biology, but >20 years ago. Your article immediately presents as someone who's acquired reading expertise in a biological/medical subfield. Second, your initial survey presents as a "brittle x": AB is the proximal cause all by itself; but, it can also be the secondary cause from many vectors. Diseases like that are (essentially) impossible to explain to the public. Also, the biological principle function is a standard trope for "good for X in the short run, bad for the person in the long run".
- DavidSJ 4mo agoThanks for these comments! The multiple pathways into a common entrypoint is definitely a challenge to communicate.
- ncr100 4mo agoThis form of hostile challenge is discouraged in the HN rules: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- DavidSJ 4mo agoThat's fair. I responded to hostility with hostility. Perhaps I should have ignored the comment or just responded kindly despite the hostility.