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[–] StellarSt0rm@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I'll definitely read it start to end when I have the time later, for now this is my favourite part of the article (Of the parts I skimmed through):

“Bullshit generators” is a suitable term for large language models (“LLMs”) such as ChatGPT, that generate smooth-sounding verbiage that appears to assert things about the world, without understanding that verbiage semantically.