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It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes (defector.com)
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Money quote:

Excel requires some skill to use (to the point where high-level Excel is a competitive sport), and AI is mostly an exercise in deskilling its users and humanity at large.

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[–] 65 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Why would anyone use an LLM as calculator?

That just doesn't make sense.

It is like using a calculator as typewriter because it can spell 80085.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

    So what you are saying is, my car is a typewriter?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I did this with my car when I got to that point and sent it to my girlfriend, but I photoshopped it so it said I was going over 100. Anyway I thought it was funny.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I was in the car with my missus, every 2 seconds she was making sure I hadn't missed the big moment. She's a good egg.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    To waste electric energy. All those power plants produce immense amounts of energy that needs to be consumed. If we didn't have LLMs, the pollution of those plants would be for nothing. At least now, there is an attempt to put it in good use.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Well, there is a use case.
    I don't know much about statistics. I can (i assume) as the ai questions in natural language that I would otherwise have to research how to calculate.
    Of course, I may get a result, but I won't be any smarter. If that was the goal, then great.

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