Honestly, at this point if you try to make the case that LLMs aren't actually useful for anything I take a little bit of personal offense
You're effectively saying that people like me are deluding ourselves, falling for the hype when there's actually nothing there
There are plenty of valid reasons to criticize LLMs - but not being useful genuinely isn't one of them
(For more detailed thoughts on this, see the "comparing LLMs to crypto" section here: https://simonwillison.net/2023/Sep/29/llms-podcast/#comparing-llms-to-crypto)
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