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To always thank ChatGPT?

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LassWithSass · 07/07/2025 23:05

I use chatGPT quite a bit for my work, giving it lots of prompts to help me write quick and succinct reports. I always say please and thanks very much though - just feels rude not to. Also, I can’t help but think that in the future, when it’s way more advanced, it will remember who was polite and grateful and who wasn’t…

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CortieTat · 08/07/2025 17:33

This is a good post (seems to be written by humans as well) explaining how LLMs work: https://www.understandingai.org/p/large-language-models-explained-with it’s worth reading to understand why pleasantries add to the environmental burden of AI and why models such as GPT too often give answers which sounds about right but are way off.

My experience is that every time I use an LLM to answer a question in the domain I know a lot about what I receive back is random waffle that resembles the real thing. On the other hand the models are great at generating haiku.

Large language models, explained with a minimum of math and jargon

Want to really understand how large language models work? Here’s a gentle primer.

https://www.understandingai.org/p/large-language-models-explained-with

LassWithSass · 09/07/2025 00:17

CortieTat · 08/07/2025 17:33

This is a good post (seems to be written by humans as well) explaining how LLMs work: https://www.understandingai.org/p/large-language-models-explained-with it’s worth reading to understand why pleasantries add to the environmental burden of AI and why models such as GPT too often give answers which sounds about right but are way off.

My experience is that every time I use an LLM to answer a question in the domain I know a lot about what I receive back is random waffle that resembles the real thing. On the other hand the models are great at generating haiku.

Yikes - had no idea it worked like that! Impossible to take in, really.

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SaintNoMountainHighEnough · 09/07/2025 00:19

Let's be sure that the AI is at least polite towards us while they inevitably erase humanity.

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