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> There are a lot of jobs which don't require meticulous accuracy - coming up with marketing plans, press releases, writing HR policies, reading and summarising reports, etc.

I'm sorry but you think marketing plans, press releases, HR policies and report summaries do not need to be accurate? What sort of organization do you work with??


I read news media, and look at advertising. And I occasionally do some investigation. Have you not heard of Gell-Mann amnesia?


I think it's more like lottery winners giving "buy lottery tickets" as financial advice.

It is clear at this point that any meaning found in LLM outputs is projected there by the user. Some people by virtue of several intertwined factors can get some acceleration out of them, but most can't. It becomes like a football fan convinced that their rituals are essential for the team's victory.

Add the general very low understanding of machine learning (or even basic formal logic) and people go from a realistic emulation of conversations to magical thinking about having a mind in a box.

Either that or I am taking crazy pills. Because sometimes it feels like that.


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