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That's because it's being used in the wrong way. It isn't a factual database.



It sometimes feels like I've taken crazy pills watching what was effectively a tech demo that went viral become the usecase now dictating billions of dollars of development and optimization.

It's a crappy usecase. And much better ones are typically being overlooked outside a few smart enterprise integrations.

To put it mildly - if someone wants to use LLMs to build a factual chatbot, they should probably just start mining crypto instead, as they'll waste less money on jumping on a trend. But if they think a bit about how LLMs can be used in nearly any other situation, they'll be miles ahead of the majority chasing this gold rush.


AI pushers are presenting them as factual databases. REpeatedly.




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