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They‘re based on the same principle and are therefore both AI or based on machine learning. The actual misconception comes from LLMs being treated as AI when they‘re just a product of machine learning. Both things are based on the same principles of pattern recognition and training data, though.
The difference here is that scientist use machine learning for something useful while tech bros use it to make word salad generators.
I wish they picked a better acronym than LLM, it’s really awkward to say. Maybe then people wouldn’t call everything “A.I.”. It’s the equivalent of calling everything from a phone to a desktop to a traffic light “a computer”
It’s more awkward to say because it’s “ell-ell-emm” not “el-em-ent”. It’s like that middle part of the alphabet that kids always fuck up “ell emm enn” and it’s practically a tongue twister. It’s a very unusual mouth movement for English speakers. Which is why many people started calling them “llamas” because the longer word is actually easier to say.
They‘re based on the same principle and are therefore both AI or based on machine learning. The actual misconception comes from LLMs being treated as AI when they‘re just a product of machine learning. Both things are based on the same principles of pattern recognition and training data, though.
The difference here is that scientist use machine learning for something useful while tech bros use it to make word salad generators.
I wish they picked a better acronym than LLM, it’s really awkward to say. Maybe then people wouldn’t call everything “A.I.”. It’s the equivalent of calling everything from a phone to a desktop to a traffic light “a computer”
LLM is fine to say, not more awkward than element. And it is AI.
And I wish we’d call phones computers. It’s been very profitable for corps for people to not realize that they are.
My head already has:
LLM keeps keep corrupted in my mouth by those two.
It’s more awkward to say because it’s “ell-ell-emm” not “el-em-ent”. It’s like that middle part of the alphabet that kids always fuck up “ell emm enn” and it’s practically a tongue twister. It’s a very unusual mouth movement for English speakers. Which is why many people started calling them “llamas” because the longer word is actually easier to say.