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fsndz ◴[] 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...
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ReptileMan ◴[] 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
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ksynwa ◴[] No.42157765[source]
Microwave sellers did not become trillion dollar companies off that hype
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ReptileMan ◴[] No.42157784[source]
Mostly because the marginal cost of microwaves was not close to zero.
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ksynwa ◴[] No.42157935[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.
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Karrot_Kream ◴[] No.42158427{3}[source]
Even rice cookers started doing this by advertising "fuzzy logic".
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AlotOfReading ◴[] No.42158722{4}[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.
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1. Karrot_Kream ◴[] No.42161354{5}[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.