←back to thread

YC is wrong about LLMs for chip design

(www.zach.be)
317 points laserduck | 2 comments | 16 Nov 24 14:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
Show context
fsndz ◴[16 Nov 24 17:05 UTC] No.42157451[source]▶
They want to throw LLMs at everything even if it does not make sense. Same is true for all the AI agent craze: https://medium.com/thoughts-on-machine-learning/langchains-s...
replies(10): >>42157567 #>>42157658 #>>42157733 #>>42157734 #>>42157763 #>>42157785 #>>42158142 #>>42158278 #>>42158342 #>>42158474 #
ReptileMan ◴[16 Nov 24 17:38 UTC] No.42157658[source]▶
Isn't that the case with every new tech. There was a time in which people tried to cook everything in a microwave
replies(3): >>42157735 #>>42157765 #>>42158197 #
ksynwa ◴[16 Nov 24 17:52 UTC] No.42157765[source]▶
Microwave sellers did not become trillion dollar companies off that hype
replies(1): >>42157784 #
ReptileMan ◴[16 Nov 24 17:55 UTC] No.42157784[source]▶
Mostly because the marginal cost of microwaves was not close to zero.
replies(1): >>42157935 #
ksynwa ◴[16 Nov 24 18:13 UTC] No.42157935{3}[source]▶
Mostly because they were not making claims that sentient microwaves that would cook your food for you were just around the corner which then the most respected media outlets parroted uncritically.
replies(2): >>42158168 #>>42158427 #
Karrot_Kream ◴[16 Nov 24 19:07 UTC] No.42158427{4}[source]▶
Even rice cookers started doing this by advertising "fuzzy logic".
replies(1): >>42158722 #
1. AlotOfReading ◴[16 Nov 24 19:49 UTC] No.42158722{5}[source]▶
Fuzzy logic rice cookers are the result of an unrelated fad in 1990s Japanese engineering companies. They added fuzzy controls to everything from cameras to subways to home appliances. It's not part of the current ML fad.
replies(1): >>42161354 #
2. Karrot_Kream ◴[17 Nov 24 02:01 UTC] No.42161354[source]▶
Yes. My point is that technology fads aren't new and getting mad at them is a bit like getting mad at fashion or taste.