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Re:AI engineers claim new algorithm reduces AI power consump... by mecsred on Sunday October 20, 2024 @12:39AM (#41892901)
If 20 mins of informations can legitimately be condensed into 20 seconds, it sounds like the original wasn't worth reading in the first place. Could have skipped the llm entirely.
Re:AI engineers claim new algorithm reduces AI power consump... by bostik on Sunday October 20, 2024 @02:09AM (#41893262)
I upvoted you, because I think you have a valid point. The tone is unnecessarily aggressive though.

Effective and information-dense communication is really hard. That doesn't mean we should just accept the useless fluff surrounding the actual information and/or analysis. People could learn a lot from the Ignoble Prize ceremony's 24/7 presentation model.

Sadly, it seems we are heading towards a future where you may need an LLM to distill the relevant information out of a sea of noise.

Re:AI engineers claim new algorithm reduces AI power consump... by mecsred on Sunday October 20, 2024 @10:58AM (#41895758)
Didn't intend for it to be aggressive, just concise. Spare me from the llm please :)
Re:AI engineers claim new algorithm reduces AI power consump... by AYBABTME on Sunday October 20, 2024 @09:36AM (#41895287)
Think of the summary of a zoom call. Or of a chapter that you're not sure if you care to read or not.

Not all content is worth consuming, and not all content is dense.

Re:AI engineers claim new algorithm reduces AI power consump... by postalrat on Sunday October 20, 2024 @06:30PM (#41899027)
If I had a recording of the zoom call I could generate a summary on demand with better tools than were available at the time the zoom call was made.
Re:AI engineers claim new algorithm reduces AI power consump... by crazygringo on Sunday October 20, 2024 @11:29AM (#41895941)
> it sounds like the original wasn't worth reading in the first place

But if that's the only place that contained the information you needed, then you have no choice.

There's a lot of material out there that is badly written, badly organized, badly presented. LLM's can be a godsend for extracting the information you actually need without wasting 20 minutes wading through the muck.

Re:AI engineers claim new algorithm reduces AI power consump... by mecsred on Monday October 21, 2024 @10:00AM (#41904244)
Yeah I can see that use case, I just wouldn't trust an LLM to decide "is this worth reading". May as well flip a coin.