How I don't use LLMs
I enjoy shocking people by telling them I don’t use LLMs.This isn’t true, but it’s morally true for the reference class I’m in (people who wrote a book about...
Manfred Mohr, Cubic Limit: P-197 (1977) I enjoy shocking people by telling them I don’t use LLMs. This isn’t true, but it’s morally true for the reference class I’m in (people who wrote a book about em, 2024 AI PhD, ML twitter member in good standing, trying to do intellectual work on a deadline). It’s not that they’re not smart; let all grant that they are. It’s not that I’m ignorant; I was there watching the monitor as they were born and know how they grew. It’s something else. Every time a new model comes out, I say “ok Gav it’s finally time to cyborg up” – and every time, it confidently ma
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