Comment by hvb2
11 days ago
And their promises.
The "it'll make all your devs 6x as productive by the end of the year" types of promises. But those probably explain the valuations
11 days ago
And their promises.
The "it'll make all your devs 6x as productive by the end of the year" types of promises. But those probably explain the valuations
Yeah, Sam Altman’s recent one saying that his LLMs would “cure cancer” if they built enough data centres was also a winner.
And create a theory of quantum gravity.
i have to say I'm a little disgusted by these statements. LLMs are useful for many problems, but is there really a conceivable path of them making progress into fighting the countless cancers tormenting humanity?
My framing device: if you had LLMs in the 1500s, how would that help Copernicus determine the orbits of the planets? Maybe through dumb chance, but creating a well reasoned model of the universe required new observations and the ability to interpret the data from a different point of view.
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Without those sorts of revolutionary claims, would they still be receiving enough funding to keep the lights on?