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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: 0.201s | source

(the referenced HN thread starts at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45060519)
1. etler ◴[03 Sep 25 01:13 UTC] No.45111185[source]▶
I describe it as a word granularity search engine. Lossy encyclopedia is a great analogy too and fleshes it out.