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Im of the view that I think slop is a force for good if it gets people back into engaging in the real world. If that means destroying the web as we know then frankly so be it.
THere are serious problems that have prevailed into society because of the side costs of the web. I also see sovreign centralisation of the web emerging in the future with identity being a key theme.
The most ridiculous thing Ive read is this narrative that Engineers will become PMs.
Btw I was at one point a product manager and I think most PMs are useless lol.
I'd argue that they're above average for the population, and below average for experts. Can they draw as well as an expert/professional illustrator? Probably not. Can they draw better than almost anyone who isn't a expert/professional illustrator? Probably."
This has always been true for any new technology. However, what's bizarre here is, billions and potentially trillions are being dumped into learning this the hard way.
There's a reason why specialisation is a thing and has driven economies forward for the better part of the last century. This is not going away. 'Democractisation' is a pipe-dream and frankly it should be - equal opportunity not equal outcome.
"missing a few important pieces."
Pmsl and you're missing the whole point.
A thing that eventually brute forces its way to a solution is not a) demonstrating understanding b) intelligent.
Im not sure why these basic things have to be uttered. I suppose its because many here don't really work on stuff that requires this level of thinking.
Reminds me of the same delusional people that think LLMs are the solution to education et al when they completely miss the point of what the real problems in education actually are.
You're not getting the point.
The point is you shouldn't have to re-prompt multiple times because a thing that 'understands' undergoes expressing the thing in a broad way and then abstracts away what matters whilst minimizing loss of important details.
The reality is LLMs are not intelligent, in any way shape or form.
Agreed. The test I run is "Can it simplify a concept I know in a matter of sentences/words, better than I can?" on a subject area that requires a lot of nuance.
And to my disappointment, the LLMs never come close. They dump paragraphs upon paragraphs. I actually want to see the LLMs surprise me. But they disappoint me for what Im specifically looking for.