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[–] Dojan@pawb.social 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Reid Hoffman is one of those lunatics who thinks LLMs are intelligent. His entire thing is peddling that shit.

LLMs being “search engines” is also a really popular misconception.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I didn't know the guy, I was just addressing the general point of using AI in medicine tbh 🤷‍♀️

You're completely correct that LLMs are not search engines, of course

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

~~So then I guess you shouldn't have lead with:~~

~~> but having a giant ass search engine~~

~~Say what you mean and mean what you say or you're just spouting shit that no one will listen to.~~

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

that wasn't me?! I was just replying to the bit about conflating AI with LLMs, like I was saying 😭

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Oh jeeze, my apologies, poor attention paying on my part. Please carry on.