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by Terr_ 2 hours ago
That analogy is... Not inappropriate, but I think it could confuse by being compatible with two different problems, where only one is the target of today's controversy.

1. The sloppy/unpredictable behavior of LLMs as a general class of algorithm, how you shouldn't use document-generation for calculating budgets, and you shouldn't trust it to not-alter things you "asked" it to to alter.

2. Vendors of thing-as-a-service (not necessarily only LLMs) putting in traps and sabotage to prioritize their own business-model or economic incentives.