Comment by grobgambit

I would just add that I think I have encountered situations that knowing the weighted average answer from the training data for topics I didn't previously understand created better initial conditions for MY learning of the topic than not knowing the weighted average answer.

The problem to me is we are holding LLMs to a standard of usefulness from science fiction and not reality.

A new, giant set of encyclopedias has enormous utility but we wouldn't hold it against the encyclopedias that they aren't doing the thinking for us or 100% omniscient.