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by anuramat 5 days ago
> that's not fixing the problem, that's mitigating the problem

is there anything humanity ever "fixed" then? surely it's possible in principle to solve at least some things that weren't solved yet

> approximation functions, not pure functions

how is approximation function not a pure function?

> non deterministic

you can set topk=1 or think in terms of distributions; still might have some undocumented non-determinism, hence "~pure"

> non-ideal

what do you mean?

> massive combinatorials

so you get to make arbitrary assumptions, but I'm supposed to limit myself to non-massive combibatorials?

> no api

ok, "domain and codomain", happy? I'm trying to optimize for probability of being understood and inverse smartass-ness

> learn the fundamentals

so you think I don't know the fundamentals because I didn't use category theory to talk about prompt injections?

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> so you think I don't know the fundamentals because I didn't use category theory to talk about prompt injections?

You have made it abundantly clear that you don't know the fundamentals. If you want people to consider the arguments you put forth, you will need a better understanding of the problem domain. Go study, come back when you can contribute.