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mattbrewsbytes • today at 4:56 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

I plan to use english, but not 1500's english.

That might be a bad example ... replace english with nearly anything not related to prompting/coding. For example, I bet the models have "knowledge" of biology, chemistry, etc. not exactly useful for programming a SaaS web app that say does project mgmt. I think there's opportunity for very specific tooling rather than "general" knowledge.


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stickfigure • today at 5:49 PM

I don't train LLMs myself, but my impression is that general knowledge has lead to more intelligent behavior on specific tasks. The voluminous training set is imporant.

But even besides that... Yesterday I prompted a feature by referencing a specific Monty Python skit. Does the coding tool need to know Monty Python? Maybe I could describe the feature in other terms, but it sure was convenient to have this shared knowledge. I don't see why Shakespeare would be any different.