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by Semaphor 962 days ago
> To my surprise, ChatGPT demonstrated an exceptional ability to decipher the concealed email addresses

I’d be more interested in why this surprised them? That seems like exactly the task that would be perfect for an LLM, essentially no concealment at all for humans, and only stopping the most basic of bots. It knows just like humans, what email addresses are supposed to look like, or what "my company domain" means in context and that’s all it needs there.
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throw555chip 962 days ago
Technology is like fashion trends. In the early 2000's VM's became popular on personal computers (PC's) like they were something new. IBM created VM's in the 1960's.
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Semaphor 962 days ago
I mean, if the person just discovered LLMs, sure. But it reads more like they were already using them for some advanced things.
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pixl97 962 days ago
Have you ever messed with an LLM and had it seem like it's on the cusp of an idea, but it just couldn't connect two different things together and you felt a little bit frustrated...?

Just pay attention to humans and you'll see we do similar things all the time, at the individual level, and at the societal level. History is filled with "We have X, why didn't we do Y with it sooner?" moments.

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