Ironically the low tech infringing proposal would lead to more reliable results grounded in the raw contents of the data, using less computing/power and without the confidently incorrect sycophanty we see from the LLMs.
Nah. It would just lead to more of classical search. Which is okay, as it always has been.
LLMs are not retrieval engines, and thinking them as such is missing most of their value. LLMs are understanding engines. Much like for humans, evaluating and incorporating knowledge is necessary to build understanding - however, perfect recall is not.
Another, arguably equivalent way of framing it: the job of an LLM isn't to provide you with the facts; it's main job is to understand what you mean. The "WIM" in "DWIM". Making it do that does require stupid amounts of data and tons of compute in training. Currently, there's no better way, and the only alternative system with similar capabilities are... humans.
IOW, it's not even an apples to oranges comparison, it's apples to gourmet chef.
Jumping on the anti-wsl bandwagon; I just can't abide the loss on control on windows, will the next update ignore/reset/override my privacy settings? What Gordian knot must I slay to have a local only account (Thanks Rufus!) How do I turn off/uninstall a million things I don't want, Xbox game bar?!?
Linux or *BSD give so much more respect to the user, on windows you are the product! Stand up for yourself and your data!
As a person who's installed quartz countertops for a living, I'd shy away from IKEA kitchens. I agree with your point, but I'd take exception to the general quality of their cabinets in Canada at least.
Idk, I've seen 40-year-old Ikea cabinets being totally fine (in France).
Nowadays, the trend is that people buy the cabinet frames from Ikea, and then buy the doors, handles, and bottom support from someone else who makes more durable ones.
The thing is that with Ikea, I kind of know what I get. From a custom kitchen cabinet maker, I could get something that lasts a lifetime, or something that wears quickly.
There is an airplane movie from this year! No idea if it can hold up to the old ones and I don't have time to watch movies these days: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.
I've also seen this talk, at the behest of some spaced out friends of mine, an amazing experience and I still think about the universe through the lens of that talk!
From a an old hackers perspective disabling shell history can have positive security implications. But in today's 'cattle not pets' systems mentality I'd expect all actions to have a log and not having that seems fishy to me. Keeping logging infra secure has a dubious, the log4j fiasco comes to mind. I'm not a fan of regulation for most things, but I think we need a higher cost for data leaking since security is an afterthought for many orgs. My personal leaning is to be very choosy about who I'll do business/share data with.
20 years ago I was made aware of gurella marketing people who were paid to have 'organic conversations' in public places about products they were promoting!
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