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by brookst 241 days ago
LLMs already understand table data. "Predictive text" is somewhat true but so reductive that it leads to that kind of misconception.

HN is going to mangle this but here's a quick table:

| Type of Horse | Average Height | Typical Color | |----------------|----------------|-----------------| | Arabian | 15 hh | Bay, Gray | | Thoroughbred | 16 hh | Chestnut, Bay | | Clydesdale | 17.5 hh | Bay with White | | Shetland Pony | 10.5 hh | Black, Chestnut |

And after a prompt "pivot the table so rows are colors":

| Typical Color | Type of Horse | Average Height | |----------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------| | Bay | Arabian, Thoroughbred, Clydesdale | 15 hh, 16 hh, 17.5 hh | | Gray | Arabian | 15 hh | | Chestnut | Thoroughbred, Shetland Pony | 16 hh, 10.5 hh | | Bay with White | Clydesdale | 17.5 hh | | Black | Shetland Pony | 10.5 hh |