Post #3000926
2026-01-24 23:30 UTC
@munificent@mastodon.social Under this assumption, the answer to this question seems to be quite simple: you'd use it when only achieving the result counts.
And there certainly are circumstances when this is the case, so the really unclear thing is what kind of things LLMs can genuinely help with. E.g. if they can really produce novel medicaments at a fraction of the time and price it currently takes to do it, they would certainly be worth the hype, wouldn't they?
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@munificent@mastodon.social 2026-01-24 23:58
@VZ@fosstodon.org > they would certainly be worth the hype, wouldn't they? Possibly, but there is still the question of externalities and societal impact. Internal combustion engines are excellent for helping get people where they want to go quickly, but that doesn't mean they are overall worth it to the world.