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minus-squareBalder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-223 days agoI like the saying that LLMs are “good” at stuff you don’t know. That’s about it. When you know the subject it stops being much useful because you’ll already know the very obvious stuff that LLM could help you.
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·26 days agoThey’re also bad at that though, because if you don’t know that stuff then you don’t know if what it’s telling you is right or wrong.
minus-squarefafferlicious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoI…think that’s their point. The only reason it seems good is because you’re bad and can’t spot that is bad, too.
minus-squareZetta@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoFreedomAdvocate is right, IMO the best use case of ai is things you have an understanding of, but need some assistance. You need to understand enough to catch atleast impactful errors by the llm
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·27 days agoLike search engines, and libraries…
I like the saying that LLMs are “good” at stuff you don’t know. That’s about it.
When you know the subject it stops being much useful because you’ll already know the very obvious stuff that LLM could help you.
They’re also bad at that though, because if you don’t know that stuff then you don’t know if what it’s telling you is right or wrong.
I…think that’s their point. The only reason it seems good is because you’re bad and can’t spot that is bad, too.
FreedomAdvocate is right, IMO the best use case of ai is things you have an understanding of, but need some assistance. You need to understand enough to catch atleast impactful errors by the llm
Like search engines, and libraries…