What I think shouldn't be forgotten is that LLMs are being based on human input.
Something like ChatGP "learns" from the masses of information it's being fed with.
So it's not superior to human mind, but merely an mirror image of it.
That's why it has some undesired outcome, often.
The answers an LLM provides might be true but considered political incorrect same time.
Which in turn causes maintainers of LLMs to insert filter rules to "bend" LLMs in a way that conflicts with the source material.
The gender or racial topics are a good (or bad) example here.
If you ask LLMs to imagine a picture of, say, Caesar, the Roman emperor, it will draw anyone but an European.
In some way, this is both perverted (in quotation marks) and fascinating at same time.
It's essentially a field of science that focuses on driving the machine into insanity.
It's akin to have it have a fever dream.
Considering this, I'm kind of glad that my country is so backwards* in terms of digitalization, still.
We still have stationary phones on the desktop, fax machines (dedicated units or modern multi purpose devices), signed contracts on paper..
Especially the telephone is important, I think. Faking a human conversation on the phone is hard to do.
Especially if you're in an angry discussion with the person at the tax office. 😁
Edit: *Visiting my home country is a bit like time travel to foreigners, I assume.
It's like going back in time by 20/30/40 years. 😂
DSL in my street is 5 MBit, we have satellite dishes and primary method of payment is cash.
(Just an exaggeration. There's blazing fast 60 MBit internet via cable, too.)
Credit cards are being known, but seldomly accepted (Taxis do, hotels do etc).
Debit cards are fine, but sometimes only for 10€ payments and up (was standard before Corona).
Or, there's no lower limit but it costs extra money.
Visits at the doctors are still normal, telemedicine (video phones, online receipts)
had been explored experimentally in the 1980s/1990s, but it didn't become common.
It wasn't until January 2024 that we got electronic receipts.
Before this, coloured paper forms filled out with matrix printers had been standard.
Private receipts are still using old method. Which isn't bad, per se.
A photocopy of a paper receipt can be put into a fax machine,
for example, so the apothecary of your choice can quickly see what you want.
It's easier than submitting all the PZN numbers via phone
(yes, it's not uncommon to call your apothecary on the phone and make an order).
Edit: Formatting fixed (on PC).
"Time, it seems, doesn't flow. For some it's fast, for some it's slow.
In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel
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