alt Hacker NewsThe question is does that even matter
You may argue what if LLMs are inaccessible but that’s like teachers saying “you won’t always have a calculator”
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bluefirebrand • today at 7:58 PM
An LLM always being accessible is not my problem
My problem is that filtering all of human creativity and expression through an LLM is ugly
walt_grata • today at 7:22 PM
Sure it does. I still nees to know the correct mathematics to type into the calculator and the calculator is deterministic. If you don't understand it without the llm explaining it, how can you be sure you actually understand it? How can you catch mistakes made due to it being non-deterministic? Ask another llm? Same problem
> that’s like teachers saying “you won’t always have a calculator
They were right, though. For one, you still need to now what kind of equation to put into the calculator. If you don't know the concepts, what are you going to calculate. Real life situations don't actually spell out neat textbook questions.
And just take a look throughout the day how many quick maths you do subconsciously. Just things like cooking or grocery shopping have tons of moments where you just do the calculation in your head. And you can do that because you've learned how and when to do that.
It's not just a matter of "What if it's inaccessible", but also "Do you want to be dependent on your phone even more". Are just going to walk around with your phone on voice mode narrating your life into your LLM to let it tell you what to do?