I feel like I can trust LLMs more than the majority of info on the web. We used to believe the same of Google searches.

For me, for example have seen and experienced doctors making mis diagnosis (and they a reputable source), so what is the difference really?

I guess your question depends on the context they using the LLM as well for and what sort of questions they are asking.

Scientific fact based or opinion questions?

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b00ty4breakfast 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

where do you think most of that info came from though? Not from the public library

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dlm24 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I hear you, But my understanding is LLM can consume multiple sources of information and deduce what is the truth better and more accurately than a human clicking on multiple Google links and veryfying information and sources.

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kombookcha 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

LLMs by definition cannot deduce, because they cannot not know or think. There's guard rails to try to make it more correct than wrong, but ultimately it's about which words seem like they would fit when coming after your words.

It's a neat trick, but the mind wants to ascribe meaning and reason to words that sound meaningful and reasonable, but these words do not come from a thinking mind with intent and interiority. It would be much more interesting if they did, but when and if that does happen, it won't be from an LLM as we know them today.

	▲	dlm24 13 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Ye agreed "deduce" bad choice of words. If you tell LLM "explain X and cite reliable sources" would that then be more accurate? Maybe it's the way the users are asking the questions, and perhaps prompting in the right way will lead to better (more accurate) results and reduce hallucinations?

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lokar 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Deduce? No.

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beeflet 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

In inference/tool use it's doing the same thing that a human is doing in that regard. Just faster.

In training, it's a blind process. It's up to the trainers to feed the model accurate sources.

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smohare 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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