LLMs, the Hype, the Anti Hype and the reality
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This post must have been written long ago. But late is better than never. right? Every time a new technology with some noise gets light of the day, a hype and an anti hype happens. Both which turn out to be quite wrong or very inaccurate about reality of the new tech. Decades ago, the same situation existed for Linux(the kernel), the Web/Internet, Machine Learning(and particularly Neural Networks) among other things. If we fast forward to few years ago, there are Rust, Go and “Cloud” and “Smart” devices(such as WiFi or Bluetooth enabled). Every device must be WiFi enabled!

I’ve written a post about what most people get wrong about LLMs. Unfortunately, so many people in the FOSS community put a blanket ban on them and make them a taboo. And so many people think LLMs can do any programming job. I strongly believe both are wrong.

  • CashDragonMA
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    1 month ago

    Insightful write-up. Honestly I am pretty excited about LLM assisted coding especially when it comes to BCH based apps. It will accelerate development dramatically. Take BCHNoster for example, the app has been out for like a two months and it already is feature rich. In the past it would take years to develop something like this.

    • FarooqOP
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      1 month ago

      Thank you for your kind words. It’s like the shop owner example I mentioned in the post.

    • FarooqOP
      2·
      1 month ago

      I have added a section about what a computer with or without LLM can never ever do.