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An LLM is a lossy encyclopedia

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(the referenced HN thread starts at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45060519)
1. keiferski ◴[] No.45101252[source]
Another metaphor: LLMs are sketches, not technical drawings. A sketch is not supposed to be the final product; it is exploratory, not definitive.

If you used sketches to build a house, it has a nonzero chance of falling down. Likewise, if you made technical drawings as a way to brainstorm house designs, the process would be overly rigid and extremely inefficient.