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If these things could not be induced to confidently lie, they would not be the target of billions of dollars of investments.
I sincerely don't think this is true, but it's a nice narrative that fits well with one of Lemmy's. It'd still be worth the same or more if it hallucinated to a minimum because it would better match one of its ideal business applications: replacing human labor at a fraction of the cost. Unfortunately, this is only a convenient side effect for many who stand to benefit from creating propaganda and false information in bulk.
I prefer to live in a world where it is possible to say something oversimplified and ridiculous, and people just laugh and don't feel like it deserves correction. That's practically everything I ever feel like saying.
Sorry! I know the feeling and I wasn't meaning to be a jerk about it by ackshually'ing you. I mostly replied because I think Lemmy could do better at criticizing LLMs in general.
I agree actually. It's hard to get everyone on the same page about much of anything, and the topic is both very large and changing rapidly. It's a lot less work to just make vague sarky remarks about venture capitalists.