robotElder2 [he/him, it/its]@hexbear.nettoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•That erratic pulsating sensation on your legs after a brisk walk- what is it? And more questionsEnglish
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5 months agoLLMs are stochastic parrots. They just repeat the phrases most often used together in their training data in association with the words on your prompt. It’s like seeking medical advice from the predictive text on your phone keyboard.
OK fair, I guess if your not planning to act on it anyway then the stakes are pretty low. I don’t agree that llms reliably get basic information correct. “Glue is not pizza sauce” seems like a common fact to me but Googles llm disagrees for example.