alt Hacker NewsWe don't need a lot of things, but new tech should also address what people want, not just needs. I don't know how to pilot drones, nor do I care to learn how to, but I want to do things with drones, does that qualify as a need? Tech is there to do things for us we're too lazy to do.
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volkercraig • yesterday at 4:05 PM
I don't think you understand what an "LLM" is. They're text generators. We've had autopilot since the 1930s that relies on measurable things... like PID loops, direct sensor input. You don't need the "language model" part to run an autopilot, that's just silly.
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There are two different things:
1. a drone that you can talk to and fly on its own
2. a drone where the flying is controlled by an LLM
(2) is a specific instance of the larger concept of (1).
You make an argument that 1 should be addressed, which no one is denying in this thread - people are arguing that (2) is a bad way to do (1).