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		thunderbong 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An LLM is a lossy encyclopedia What I tell my non-technical friends when they ask about AI - The goal of an LLM is not to give you 100% accurate answers. The goal of an LLM is to continue the conversation.

ijk 6 months ago [–]

Exactly: at their core the only task they ate capable of is "complete this document."

It just turned out that document completion was far more effective than anyone anticipated.

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