Remix.run Logo
Remix clone Hacker News
new | show | ask | jobsGithub
▲ IhateAI 4 hours ago

Why do people hate on those that are anti-llm so much?

LLM people defend these tools/companies as if it were their girlfriend..

Unfortunately, that might be way more of a reality than fiction.

▲pooploop64 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Because the overall "discourse" on this has devolved into tribal politics that have very little to do with the technology anymore.

▲0x20cowboy 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think that the tribalism is one sided.

On one side you have people who know how to build deep nn saying one thing, and on the other there seems to be people who don’t even know what tanh is and are very sure of their “strong” opinions.

Do you have an example of someone who actually knows how LLMs work who has a tribalistic view?

▲semiquaver 2 hours ago | parent [-]

“people who don’t even know what tanh is” sounds like something a tribe-member criticizing outsiders would say :)

▲0x20cowboy 6 minutes ago | parent [-]

Lol, I like that as a joke, but I wouldn’t think you are saying “a person who has no idea how something works” their opinion should be given equal weighting as someone who actually knows? Maybe you are - that seems to be how things work now.

I think you already get what I am saying, but it seems that there are maybe 3 groups. 2 who know how things work under the hood and have differing opinions and are curious to hear the other side, and one group who have no idea how things work, are very loud, have sci-fi fantasies, and spout strong opinions.

I wouldn't call that discourse i would call it ignorance.

▲IhateAI 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's weird though, the critics of LLMs have very good points, usually very reasonable but when they share them they get downvoted and criticized like someone who was critical of NFTs in 2022.

I wonder why that is, and what it portends regarding the future of that "tribe"

▲woah 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Your username lol