Post by @iwein@mas.to

2026-04-17 16:17 UTC

@mistakenotmy@mastodon.social please don't take me for an ai apologist, but there are many multi billion tools that can't count letters. The problem only arises when idiots claim a tool can do anything one can dream of. Blame the idiots, not the tools. Try writing a book (or colonize Mars for that matter) with a space shuttle, and you are on the same mental plane as someone using an LLM for such a task.

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@mistakenotmy@mastodon.social 2026-04-17 16:20

@iwein@mas.to I post stuff like that for exactly that reason: People are not aware that LLMs are not suitable for many tasks. Yet the AI industry wants people to think they are. The letter counting is an obvious flaw, many other flaws are not that obvious.

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@CJPaloma@mstdn.social 2026-04-17 18:24

@iwein@mas.to @mistakenotmy@mastodon.social NO ONE is running -multiple billion dollar hypes- and marketing schemes trying to get people to write books with the space shuttle. Plenty of tech bros/corps -are- shoving these worse than useless LLMs into basic reading, writing, searching tools meant for everyday use in information environments for millions of people. To pretend these products aren't being heavily marketed *by grifting tech bros* to millions of people for general info use, is really disingenuous.

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