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by amohn9 361 days ago
No. I also wouldn’t use a hammer to cut a board in half - I’d grab a saw. Knowing how to pick the right tool is a fundamental part of being a good engineer. Sometimes 70% is unacceptable, sometimes it’s exceptional. LLMs are incredible technology, but also just another tool in the toolbox. Use them where they fit, not where they don’t.
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Sure, though the marketing around LLMs is aimed at general purpose use. It’s up to the user to decide if it’s actually useful for their use case. Unfortunately, many use cases in business can’t tolerate high error rates.