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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: 0.001s | source

(the referenced HN thread starts at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45060519)
1. DrScientist ◴[02 Sep 25 13:14 UTC] No.45102705[source]▶
I have another analogy.

LLM are animatronic rubber ducks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging

( and obviously like all analogies - this one is lossy )

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2. Pamar ◴[02 Sep 25 13:18 UTC] No.45102760[source]▶
I definitely agree with that, at least this is how I use chatGPT in 99% of the cases.