1. Just like it's frustrating when a paper is published making claims that are hard to verify, it's frustrating when somebody says "x can't do y" in a way that is hard to verify^^
2. LLMs, in spite of the complaints about the research leaders, are fairly democratic. I have access to several of the best LLMs currently in existence and the ones I can't access haven't been polished for general usage anyway. If you make a claim with a prompt, it's easy for me to verify it
3. I've been linked legitimate ChatGPT prompts where someone gets incorrect data from ChatGPT - my instinct is to help them refine their prompt to get correct data
4. If you make a claim about these cool new tools (not making a claim about what they're good for!) all of these kick in. I want to verify, refine, etc.
Of course some people are on the bandwagon and it is akin to insulting their religion (it is with religious fervor they hold their beliefs!) but at least most folks on hn are just excited and trying to engage
^^ I actually think making this claim is in bad form generally. It's like looking for the existence of aliens on a planet. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
2. LLMs, in spite of the complaints about the research leaders, are fairly democratic. I have access to several of the best LLMs currently in existence and the ones I can't access haven't been polished for general usage anyway. If you make a claim with a prompt, it's easy for me to verify it
3. I've been linked legitimate ChatGPT prompts where someone gets incorrect data from ChatGPT - my instinct is to help them refine their prompt to get correct data
4. If you make a claim about these cool new tools (not making a claim about what they're good for!) all of these kick in. I want to verify, refine, etc.
Of course some people are on the bandwagon and it is akin to insulting their religion (it is with religious fervor they hold their beliefs!) but at least most folks on hn are just excited and trying to engage
^^ I actually think making this claim is in bad form generally. It's like looking for the existence of aliens on a planet. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence