This may be an unpopular opinnion… Let me get this straight. We get big tech corporations to read the articles of the web and then summarize to me, the user the info I am looking for. Sounds cool, right? Yeah, except that why in the everloving duck would I trust Google, Microsoft, Apple or Meta to give me the correct info, unbiased and not curated? The past experiences all show that they will not do the right thing. So why is everyone so OK with what’s going on? I just heard that Google may intend to remove sources. Great, so it’s like trust me bro.

  • xenspidey@lemmy.zipEnglish
    121·
    6 months ago

    I use LLM’s for two things mainly. First to help with small coding things that are tedious or I just need something to bounce ideas off of (hobiest coder) also for asking questions that Google and the like can’t answer. Like “if the unit is measure is toothpicks, how far is it from the earth to the moon” stuff like that. Or ballpark approximations of things.

    • eldesgraciadoEnglish
      11·
      6 months ago

      How are you sure of the correctness of the model’s answers? If I tell you the moon is 69.420 toothpicks away from earth, are you going to believe me?

      • xenspidey@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        Sure maybe it’s wrong, but seems close enough to me.

        The distance from Earth to the Moon is approximately 384,400 kilometers, which is about 9,760,000,000 toothpicks laid end to end.

        • RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          6 months ago

          You’re right about Google being trash at answering that.

          It just completely ignores the question.

    • SamB@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      23·
      6 months ago

      I don’t deny the usefulness aspect of AI. I used it recently to increase the resolution of a video. It’s awesome. But when it’s used to replace info search, art, music… Just why?

      • xenspidey@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        I like it for the use of art, I like making wallpapers for my phone or logos. I have a side business that I’ll wait a logo for at some point. It makes way more sense to get it close with AI then give to an artist to tweak and give the final touches then all the back and forth and expense needed for a logo company.