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Re:Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at a... by henryaj on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @11:25AM (#43833955)
You imply that, like a stopped clock, LLMs are only right occasionally and randomly. Which is just nonsense.
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Re:Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at a... by habinero on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @12:33PM (#43834850)
It's true, though. It strings together plausible words using a statistical model. If those words happen to mean something, it's by chance.
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Re:Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at a... by kbelder on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @04:33PM (#43837717)
Sure, but that chance might be 99.7%. 'Random' isn't a pejorative.
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Re:Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at a... by mathgeek on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @01:03PM (#43835247)
Although I get what you're saying, it's still true that if something is wrong randomly at any point, it is always "randomly wrong".
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