← Back to context Comment by segh 13 hours ago I can do long division manually but I still reach for a calculator. 3 comments segh Reply dwroberts 13 hours ago Do you also spend a lot of time maximising calculator utilisation in other places? Maybe trying to write letters with it or composing music with it? hjkl0 11 hours ago Won’t you get much better results trying to maximize utilization of some sort of LLM? For many people, you’d get faster and better results trying to optimize for LLMs than for any standard word processor or music composition tool. anonnon 3 hours ago > but I still reach for a calculatorDoes the calculator give you a slightly different answer each time, even with the same inputs?
dwroberts 13 hours ago Do you also spend a lot of time maximising calculator utilisation in other places? Maybe trying to write letters with it or composing music with it? hjkl0 11 hours ago Won’t you get much better results trying to maximize utilization of some sort of LLM? For many people, you’d get faster and better results trying to optimize for LLMs than for any standard word processor or music composition tool.
hjkl0 11 hours ago Won’t you get much better results trying to maximize utilization of some sort of LLM? For many people, you’d get faster and better results trying to optimize for LLMs than for any standard word processor or music composition tool.
anonnon 3 hours ago > but I still reach for a calculatorDoes the calculator give you a slightly different answer each time, even with the same inputs?
Do you also spend a lot of time maximising calculator utilisation in other places? Maybe trying to write letters with it or composing music with it?
Won’t you get much better results trying to maximize utilization of some sort of LLM? For many people, you’d get faster and better results trying to optimize for LLMs than for any standard word processor or music composition tool.
> but I still reach for a calculator
Does the calculator give you a slightly different answer each time, even with the same inputs?