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LLM Inevitabilism

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1657 points SwoopsFromAbove | 2 comments | 15 Jul 25 04:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.412s | 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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lwelyk ◴[15 Jul 25 14:51 UTC] No.44571745[source]▶
What tasks is it better at doing than other technologies we have available to us? I'm not being sarcastic, I generally want to know in which areas you think it is better.

I can't think of anything off the top of my head that isn't just doing the things that make it a generative AI. (It's better at generating an image that I describe to it, etc, but that's not something that another technology does.)

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1. castigatio ◴[16 Jul 25 05:54 UTC] No.44579138[source]▶
Google search + LLM based search is far more effective than Google search alone. Google's stated mission has been to organize the world's information. Being able to ask a far more nuanced question about the kind of information you are looking for - and getting mostly useful responses - is more useful. Just one example among many. Simple natural language interaction with computer systems is huge. Just look at what LLM's are doing for robotics.
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2. mylifeandtimes ◴[16 Jul 25 15:24 UTC] No.44583298[source]▶
Is it better than google search 20 years ago, when most web content was authoritative and not SEO crap?

Is it better than google search 20 year ago, when "google-fu" was a thing (look it up, google-fu refers to the ability to "ask a far more nuanced question about the kind of information you are looking for").