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Based on your replies in this thread you seem to have only superficial knowledge about how machine learning and LLMs work. I strongly recommend you invest some time in learning how LLMs are built and function. If you truly think this is apocalyptic isn't it a good idea to understand what you're up against?

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What don't I understand? LLMs don't really reason? They're just word predicting token generators? Stochastic parrots that somehow also solve world class math problems.

I'd love for you to actually make a point instead of just attacking me. I think most of my comments here have made concrete points so you can at least do the same. Come down from your high horse and join the conversation. I'm sure we'd all be enlightened by your wisdom.

I'm not attacking you. The way you're responding implies a lack of knowledge. None of us can understand everything. I have plenty more to learn about LLMs as well.

Repeating specifics that others have already tried isn't going to be helpful which is why I made the more general suggestion of digging in deeper to how these things work.

Just going to add my commentary as someone who has trained LLMs and understands them deeply: absolutely nothing he has posted in this thread suggests he lacks any relevant understanding of how LLMs work. If you disagree, you should point out something specifically that you think was wrong. (And honestly you should have made a specific point in your first post).

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