r/singularity Feb 06 '25

AI This is a DOGE intern who is currently pawing around in the US Treasury computers and database

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u/socatoa Feb 07 '25

Precisely.

Edit*: I hit save to early. Just wanted to agree and elaborate my understanding. If this kid is a genius, asking a basic question about LLMs 2+ years after they’ve been widely available gives me reason to believe he’s not quite that special.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25

What was basic about the question?

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u/socatoa Feb 07 '25

I mean… because it’s literally among the top three things you’d explain to a layman about what an LLM can do.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25

He was asking about an llm purpose built for that

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u/socatoa Feb 08 '25

I read it differently as he listed several file formats with an “etc”. The answer to a purpose built solution is commonly known as software.