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An LLM is a lossy encyclopedia

(simonwillison.net)
509 points tosh | 1 comments | 29 Aug 25 09:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.198s | source

(the referenced HN thread starts at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45060519)
1. jacquesm ◴[02 Sep 25 11:38 UTC] No.45101712[source]▶
It's an encyclopedia with noise injected. Which devalues the whole concept of an encyclopedia. It could be 10% of what it is, as long as it would be correct it would increase in value.