You ask the LLM a question and it “knows” things to helpfully tell you what’s true. The vendor pitch is a little more sophisticated, calling it a reasoning engine, promising it can “help you think” and “accelerate knowledge work.” But the actual machine you interact with, day to day, is neither an oracle nor philosopher,…
Tag: Mediocrity
Hate the Inferior
You ever hire someone to do a job, and then halfway through, you start to wonder if maybe, just maybe, you would’ve been better off asking your pet goldfish for help? Yeah, well, let me tell you about the time I decided to hire a contractor to recaulk my shower. I know what you’re thinking,…