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Vim's lead maintainer has fully lost his goddamn mind
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"We did it, Patrick! We made a technological breakthrough!"
A place for all those who loathe AI to discuss things, post articles, and ridicule the AI hype. Proud supporter of working people. And proud booer of SXSW 2024.
AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
LLMs are actually quite useful for translation as well as for paraphrasing text for people whose command of the language is not where they want it to be. It’s one of the only uses of LLMs I endorse, because it’s functioning as an assistive technology that enables people to communicate when they otherwise couldn’t. I view it in the same regard as assistive technologies for people with disabilities.
At present day, one may just type in their first language where the result precisely reflects what they really meant. It's up to the receiving end to interpret it, either learning the language themselves, hire a translator, or use any computer tool - ML to any degree - to assist in understanding.
In my opinion jumping straight to the conclusion that LLM is useful while putting all other aspects (efficiency, accuracy, morality etc.) in disregard is... something worth reconsidering.