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tptacek 5 hours ago

This doesn't even make sense. Maybe if you fleshed it out?

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specproc 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Snake oil is something not medicine sold as medicine.

AI is something not a colleague (a slot machine), sold as a colleague.

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tptacek 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Right, that's what you already said. What I don't understand is the "slot machine" analogy you're making. In what sense is AI a "slot machine"? Are you talking about the stocks of AI companies?

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specproc 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Variable intermittent reward. Pull the lever, get something nice or something bad. I've had far too much bad today and I'm furious.

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fragmede 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's a oversimplified characterization of LLMs as a slot machine. You put in some money, and pull the lever/submit a prompt, and maybe you get a jackpot/working code. It's typically used by morons who think they're smart for repeating it, and that they aren't the stochastic parrots in the room.

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specproc 4 hours ago | parent [-]

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	▲	tptacek 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Spoken like someone who's never lost a day fighting the borrow checker.