LLMs
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LLMs
“The fact that these things model language is probably one of the biggest discoveries in history. That you (LLM) can learn language by just predicting the next word … — that’s just shocking to me.”
- Mikhail Belkin, computer scientist at the University of California
LLMs are mid. It does a good job at getting the average and this is useful in many areas where this is tough. When you want "good", LLMs let you down. We underestimate the impact doing things to a "mid" level will have on the world.
People need to be more thoughtful building products on top of LLMs. The fact that they generate text is not the point.
thesephist.comstream.thesephist.comEmbeddings: What they are and why they matter
simonwillison.net
"the best use case of LLMs is bullshit"
Using LLM products today feels a lot like using early cars in the 1800s: clearly magical, clearly going to change the world, and really hard to drive.
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March 2023 AI Overview for Boards
docs.google.comnice overview of why every company needs an AI strategy