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A theory I have (sh.itjust.works)
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I thought of this recently (anti llm content within)

The reason a lot of companies/people are obsessed with llms and the like, is that it can solve some of their problems (so they think). The thing I noticed, is a LOT of the things they try to force the LLM to fix, could be solved with relatively simple programming.

Things like better searches (seo destroyed this by design, and kagi is about the only usable search engine with easy access), organization (use a database), document management, etc.

People dont fully understand how it all works, so they try to shoehorn the llm to do the work for them (poorly), while learning nothing of value.

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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Another thing LLMs have going for them is that they’re dirt cheap. Sure, it may only be correct one third of the time, but it costs 5% of the ‘good’ solution. So using the LLM and degrading quality makes business sense.

[–] Traister101@lemmy.today 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

For now, they are dirt cheap for now and extremely unprofitable. We're looking at more than a doubling of subscription price before they even approach profitability

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

By then we’ll have vendor lock-in. WhO cOuLd’Ve FoReSeEn ThAt?

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