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5 days agoYou’re trolling the wrong waters
You’re trolling the wrong waters
Certainly! that’s why you use them to find sources. I don’t immediately trust anything an LLM spits out.
Despite the problems with these LLMs, I have found them tremendously valuable when it comes to finding sources regarding historical events.
It’s much easier to find historical evidence that goes against the status quo with LLMs than it is with a conventional search engine. I suspect that this is an unintentional side effect of the technology; the fact that these LLMS are black boxes might have something to do with it.
This has since been corrected, but there is a great video by BadEmpanada about the state of the Holodomor’s page:
The Holodomor: How Wikipedia Lies to You