🧐 Oh, look! Someone's discovered that #AI isn't perfect! 🧠💥 Comparing an LLM to a "lossy encyclopedia" is like calling a barely functional toaster a "complex carbohydrate reduction device." Just keep feeding it examples—what could possibly go wrong? 🤖🥴
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/29/lossy-encyclopedia/ #Imperfections #AIComparisons #LossyEncyclopedia #TechHumor #MachineLearning #HackerNews #ngated
Lossy encyclopedia

Since I love collecting questionable analogies for LLMs, here's a new one I just came up with: an LLM is a lossy encyclopedia. They have a huge array of facts …

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