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by oro44 85 days ago
Broadly speaking, LLMs are destined to fail.

Why? Because all the folks involved have created a technology in search for a problem to solve. That never, ever works. Steve Jobs of all people left this piece of wisdom behind. Its amazing how few actually apply it.

The internet was never this - its origins go back to the need to able to transmit data - darpa. And this is what we still do now...

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There are a few examples of technologies that only found their application later, such as the glue in post-it notes.

And to be fair, Steve Jobs was a master of taking things that had been invented elsewhere, and making them work well enough to foster a demand.

But your point stands. Who made the most money, Xerox PARC, or Apple?

I dont use them.
The only thing worse than the overuse of AIs is the ever present handwringing and finger-pointing of people who wrongly believe they are infallible AI detectors.
lol its comical. truly comical