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I’m quite happy trading off the agency of wading through trash to an LLM. In fact, I would say that’s something they’re pretty good at.


It’s just regurgitating the same trash to you though.


> look at sources and decide ... which ones are legitimate

> I would say that’s something they’re pretty good at.

Lol. Lmao, even.

Seriously, LLMs are famously terrible at this. It's the entire problem behind prompt injection.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prompt_injection

They're really good at... ingesting the trash. Yeah, that's pretty much their whole purpose. But understanding it as trash? Not even close. LLMs don't have taste. As another commenter wrote, it's just regurgitating it back.



Gotta admit, I agree with the title (still reading it).

https://www.wordnik.com/words/bullshit

The one I care about (near the bottom of the page); really, the only meaningful use IMO, except it can also be a noun:

> verb speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths

It's "without regard for facts or truth".


Yup, that’s just about what the paper was getting at




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