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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Totally selected the wrong meme for the old title, but here we are.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (4 children)

File LLMs under "confidently doing it wrong". They don't know anything, they just parrot what was scraped off the internet

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I knew plenty of people that also do just that

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Jokes on you, OP's job is parroting things that were scraped off the internet!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Yeah, but when I do it it's funny because it's a reference

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Ah! Modern journalism?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Funnily enough, that’s also what a large portion of people do too, just regurgitate stuff without comprehending its meaning.

Lots of people get phds while just being able to answer textbook questions, start questioning them to get them to apply that knowledge and it’s just air. It’s literally what people call “book smart” vs “street smart”.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

start questioning them to get them to apply that knowledge

That's literally what people do to get a PhD, they defend their thesis by answering a bunch of questions from professors about it. That's the point of a PhD.

It has nothing to do with "street smarts" unless the degree is from the "School of Hard Knocks".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sorry maybe not phds specifically, but masters and bachelors maybe? Lots of certificates and qualifications require just written tests, no practical testing.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ok, but you specifically said "PhD". Your comment sounds like you just don't know what a doctorate is.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

And I made a mistake, it happens and I even admitted it and provided the proper examples.

Very few qualifications require practical testing, if you want to circle a discussion on the one I made a mistake on in choosing that’s on you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ok, but you said "lots of people get PhDs" without being able to defend their ideas. It's literally the opposite.

No one gets a PhD without being able to defend their ideas from very hard questions. You are 100% incorrect. Your dissertation defense did not go well and we cannot award you the degree of "Doctorate of Commenting".

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

At what point are you satisfied after someone admits their mistake? Are ya just going to stay hung up on the fact that someone said something incorrect? Do you move on?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

And I admitted I made a mistake and corrected it.

What do you think you’re proving by continuing to argue after I admitted my mistake, corrected it and explained it? Lmfao.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Not disagreeing, but what does that help the thousands who will still lose their jobs regardless?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Just wait it out ..... being confidently wrong only works for a limited time until people realize it isn't working at all .... and the point at which people, especially corporate leaders, realize it isn't working is the point when they start seeing that they aren't making money any more.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

People who know whats good and wont settle for mediocrity are out there. Market to them!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It doesn't.

Unionize. Individually your power to change things is weak, together your power is strong. The only thing power listens to is a greater power and the reality is that your bosses likely rely on you more than you rely on them.

I guarantee you do have useful skills and that they are better than what an LLM can produce. Don't listen to the hype that will be used to justify taking your ability to live from you in exchange for higher profits.