• gens@programming.dev
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    15 hours ago

    It’s called RAG, and it’s the only “right” way to get any accurate information out of an LLM. And even it is not perfect. Not by far.

    You can use it without an LLM. It’s basically keyword search. You still have to know what you are asking, so you have to study. Study without an imprecise LLM that can feed you false information that sounds plausible.

    There are other problems with current LLMs that make them problematic. Sure you will catch onto those problems if you use them, and you still have to know more about the topic then them.

    They are a fun toy and ok for low-stakes knowledge (ex cooking recipies). But as a tool in serious work they are a rubber ducky at best.

    PS What the guy couple comments above said about sources, that’s probably about web search. Even when an LLM reads the sources it can missinterpet them easily. Like how apple removed their summaries because they were often just wrong.

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      12 hours ago

      Let’s not move the goal post. OP post is about med students using GPT to pass their exam in a successful manner. As another comment put it, it’s not about Karen using GPT to diagnose pops, it’s about trained professionals using an AI tool to assist them.

      And yet, all we get is a bunch of people spewing vague FUD and spitballing opinions as if they’re proven facts, or as if AI has stopped evolving and the current limitations are never going to be surpassed.

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        10 hours ago

        The current limitations of LLMs are built in how they fundementaly work. We would need something completely new. That is a fact.

        Honestly the thought of med students using them to pass exams scares me.

        Sure, use them to replace CEOs of some unimportant companies like facebook. But they are not for jobs where other peoples lives are at stake. They inherently halucinate (like many CEOs). It is built in in how they work.

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        10 hours ago

        Problem with trained professionals using cheating to pass exams is that they are prone to become way less trained and not such professionals in the process