| ▲ | specproc 5 hours ago |
| 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 4 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 4 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. | |
| ▲ | 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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