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@kohnzn LLM are pretty bad at facts.
but gettings inspiration for text which I then not copy and paste is pretty great.

LLM have been invented to master languages (specificially: translating them) and I like that about LLM.

But I am still very reluctant of sending data to companies I don't trust

If an LLM says a poisonous mushroom is edible, that's not "bad at facts", because you can in fact eat it.

Eatable means you can eat it.

Edible means you can eat it _and_ it won't poison you.

I'm sorry, you are right. Poisonous mushrooms are not edible. Would you like an overview of things that are edible?

Anyway, thanks for the clarification.

The joke can work in Dutch, since the accepted meaning of our word "eetbaar" is the same as "edible", but it literally means "eatable".

But clearly not in English.

Yes, I remember being surprised as a child when someone explained the difference! It really sounds like it _ought_ to mean that :-)

@sibrosan @unchartedworlds i mean in german it's the same

you can eat basically anything
most things you can only eat once

Same: you can look into a laser (but only two times depending on how many eyes you have before the exercise)

@sibrosan @kohnzn let me emphasize large LANGUAGE model

it goes without saying that "edible" in this context also includes "non poisonous"

it is carelessly wrong
it's untruthful, the opposite of fact