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An LLM is a lossy encyclopedia

(simonwillison.net)
509 points tosh | 2 comments | 29 Aug 25 09:40 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

(the referenced HN thread starts at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45060519)
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AndyPa32 ◴[02 Sep 25 09:48 UTC] No.45100896[source]▶
The first thing I tell the juniors under my supervision: any LLM is not a fact machine, even though sometimes it pretends to be. Double check everything!
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1. refurb ◴[02 Sep 25 10:56 UTC] No.45101338[source]▶
My company went head first into AI integration into everything.

I'm counting down the days until some important business decision is based on AI output that is wrong.

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2. lstodd ◴[02 Sep 25 11:09 UTC] No.45101446[source]▶
That had happened already.