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by OutOfHere 190 days ago
An LLM is just a hypothesis generator, as is a doctor. Both can be wrong. Only a doctor can be dismissive though; an LLM is never dismissive, which scores it an extra point.

It is up to you to query them for the best output, and put the pieces together. If you bias them wrongly, it's your own fault.

For every example where an LLM misdiagnosed, a PCP could do much worse. People should think of them as idea generators, subjecting the generated ideas to diagnostic validation tests. If an idea doesn't pan out, keep querying until you hit upon the right idea.