Robert McNeesMar 2

People refuse to acknowledge how an LLM actually works, and insist on assigning meaning and understanding to its output.

There is no meaning and the system understands neither the user’s question nor its own “response.” At least, not in the sense people expect from the conversational format of the interaction.

https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/gemini-artificial-intelligence-the-national-archives-fake-records

“My ‘methodology’ was a series of errors”: Gemini generates false records and fake screenshots of TNA website | Who Do You Think You Are Magazine

The Gemini LLM generates fake records and screenshots from the UK National Archives, a family historian has revealed

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@mcnees I'm trying to compose a list of the people I interact with professionally, that I need to ask "Do you use LLMs in your daily work?" so I know to double check their work. I can't believe people use this stuff for actual jobs. It's like using a magic 8 Ball for cancer diagnosis.
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