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dgacmulast Friday at 10:02 PM1 replyview on HN

But not really? If you ask me a question about Thai grammar or how to build a jet turbine, I'm going to tell you that I don't have a clue. I have more of a meta-cognitive map of my own manifold of knowledge than an LLM does.


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JAlexoidlast Monday at 3:55 AM

Try it out. Ask "Do you know who Emplabert Kloopermberg is?" and ChatGPT/Gemini literally responded with "I don't know".

You, on the other hand, truly have never encountered any information about Thai grammar or (surprisingly) hot to build a jet turbine. (I can explain in general terms how to build one from just watching Discovery channel)

The difference is that the models actually have some information on those topics.