LLM Inevitabilism

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1616 points SwoopsFromAbove | 2 comments | 15 Jul 25 04:35 UTC | HN request time: 1.008s | source

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castigatio ◴[15 Jul 25 14:20 UTC] No.44571437[source]▶

The argument doesn't work because whatever you think of where generative AI is taking us or not taking us - it is 100% demonstrably better at doing a wide range of tasks than other technologies we have available to us - even in its current exact form. Once computers started to be connected could we have stopped the development of the world wide web. If there's a way of getting humanity to collectively agree on things - please let's start by using it to stop climate change and create world peace before moving on to getting rid of LLM's.

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1. kevindamm ◴[15 Jul 25 14:45 UTC] No.44571672[source]▶

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Slight correction, we have many tools that are demonstrably better and more consistent than LLMs for their intended task; LLMs are just the most generally applicable tool (and the fumes are heady).

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2. castigatio ◴[16 Jul 25 05:58 UTC] No.44579152[source]▶

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I agree about the value of general application. I do think though that we just don't have the tools to do many things LLM's can do - searching information in a nuanced way and getting nuanced responses is one thing.

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