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Jtsummerslast Saturday at 7:01 PM2 repliesview on HN

How is LLM (a particular area of machine learning) not machine learning? Have people already forgotten the basis for LLMs?


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dasil003last Saturday at 7:31 PM

The majority of people who use LLMs today never even heard of ML though a non-trivial percentage have heard that modern AI is powered by LLM. You can’t forget what you never knew. Such is the evolution of language when a formerly niche technical concept crosses the chasm to mass awareness.

cygxlast Saturday at 7:32 PM

I'd argue there's a qualitative difference between using machine learning for specific data analysis tasks, and using a generic agentic AI system controlled by some corporate entity. The association of the term 'AI' with the latter is increasing.

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