What is the tool supposed to be used for?

If I sell you a marvelous new construction material, and you build your home out of it, you have certain expectations. If a passer-by throws an egg at your house, and that causes the front door to unlock, you have reason to complain. I'm aware this metaphor is stupid.

In this case, it's the advertised use cases. For the word processor we all basically agree on the boundaries of how they should be used. But with LLMs we're hearing all kinds of ideas of things that can be built on top of them or using them. Some of these applications have more constraints regarding factual accuracy or "safety". If LLMs aren't suitable for such tasks, then they should just say it.

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iugtmkbdfil834 2 hours ago | parent [-]

<< on the boundaries of how they should be used.

Isn't it up to the user how they want to use the tool? Why are people so hell bent on telling others how to press their buttons in a word processor ( or anywhere else for that matter ). The only thing that it does, is raising a new batch of Florida men further detached from reality and consequences.

	▲	recursive 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Users can use tools how they want. However, some of those uses are hazards. If I am trying to scare birds away from my house with fireworks and burn my neighbors' house down, that's kind of a problem for me. If these fireworks are marketed as practical bird repellent, that's a problem for me and the manufacturer. I'm not sure if it's official marketing or just breathless hype men or an astroturf campaign.