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999900000999 • today at 9:57 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I just wish AI was brief.

Don’t add filler words. Be straight to the point.


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bunderbunder • today at 10:11 PM

LLMs are still just next token predictors. Blasting out words in a forward-only way is how you write a first draft. It's a form of thinking out loud. The ideas are still forming while you generate the text. Generating the text forms the ideas.

Communicating well requires editing. Editing requires going backwards, not just forwards. It requires turning things over in your head. It requires rethinking connections. It requires knowing when one word says more than a sentence. It requires remembering what you were trying to say. It requires remembering.

LLMs don't have much of that. They can mimic some bits with loops, but usually not very well.

dbolkunov • today at 10:03 PM

I think to be brief you need to be precise and it's hard for AI as it's not sure