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Re:The end of the rip-off economy: consumers use LLMs agains... by ericmcer on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:49PM (#45749525)
Yeah but... running an LLM is braindead simple now with Ollama, someone with a little bit of knowledge could run their own or spin up an LLM backed service for others to use.

It isn't like Google search where the moat is impossibly huge, it is tiny, and if someones service gets caught injecting shit like that into prompts people can jump ship with almost no impact.

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Re:The end of the rip-off economy: consumers use LLMs agains... by robrenaud on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:54PM (#45749593)
LLMs without a search engine attached suck for product reviews.
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Re:The end of the rip-off economy: consumers use LLMs agains... by FlameArchitect on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @04:16PM (#45752472)
Yes but what happens when you don't need to even buy "products" anymore because you have a 3d printer at home and you just need schematics?
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Re:The end of the rip-off economy: consumers use LLMs agains... by GuinansEyebrows on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @04:23PM (#45752555)
haha. i'm imagining the luxurious comfort of a solid 3D-printed t-shirt. i'll never want for the retail experience again!
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Re:The end of the rip-off economy: consumers use LLMs agains... by schrectacular on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @05:09PM (#45753066)
I know this is in jest but do you need tshirt reviews?
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Re:The end of the rip-off economy: consumers use LLMs agains... by GuinansEyebrows on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @05:47PM (#45753508)
not online, but i am partial to something a cut above a standard Hanes or Gildan, at least for workwear.
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Re:The end of the rip-off economy: consumers use LLMs agains... by ori_b on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @07:29PM (#45754500)
I assume that you're going to 3d print the mines that you use to build the oil rigs feed the chemical plants that you use for producing the filament, right?
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