[…] this technology is horrific for attention. It’s a thermonuclear ADHD amplifier and I have seen the same effect in every single one of my adult friends. Folk running 3 screens simultaneously working on totally unrelated “projects” they have little hope of maintaining, and such little commitment to the outcome that the time is obviously wasted.

Worth a read, whatever your opinion on LLMs.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    cite its sources

    Just so you know, an LLM isn’t capable of actually citing its sources properly, that’s not how vector engines work. When you ask it to do so, one (or more thread) spits out what ever the algebra says is the best answer, then another thread tries to best fit that output to some article in its database. If the first thread was fully committing plagiarism, then the link is accurate. If it “reasoned” anything then it may not be.

    • architect@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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      3 minutes ago

      That’s not true. LLMs that can search the web can answer based on what it finds. The newest models are up to the moment on this. You were right years ago, but your information is very much outdated.