alt Hacker NewsAn experienced software engineer (read his profile) praises the value he's found in Deepseek, and gives some real data showing how affordable that value is.
Then you, dakolli - out of generosity and minute-to-minute devotion to enlightenment - sacrifice time from your busy day to sit down (though perhaps that's been painful lately?) or stand up with your phone - and offer a profound, deeply thought-out counterpoint in the following form (and I'll paraphrase):
"Nah mate, it's shit. All LLMs are shit."
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CamperBob2 • yesterday at 5:32 PM
Look at his history -- he's just here to shitpost. Flag and move on.
_superposition_ • yesterday at 11:15 AM
Among countless other experienced engineers... The cognitive dissonance here is frightening.
How one is affected psychologically by LLMs 'hallucinating' presumably closely tracks how one is affected by pathological liars. Most of the things pathological liars say is true and if you can put up with it, one can work with them and learn from them. But some respond with extreme hatred and avoidance. This seems like one of the responses that is reasonable ... as is acceptance and instrumentalization of the individual.