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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: 0.21s | source

(the referenced HN thread starts at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45060519)
1. nonethewiser ◴[02 Sep 25 14:14 UTC] No.45103392[source]▶
To put even more simply, and IMO more interestingly:

LLMs are compression algorithms