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[–] 10 points 2 months ago* (10 children)

I keep hearing this but what makes them "good"? Like at the end of the day they're still just LLMs right? Even if they can generate a perfect picture that no human could tell is AI, so what? What is that skill useful for besides fooling humans into believing something is real that isn't true?

Heck- they can't even set a reminder like natural language processing (Siri) could do fifteen years ago.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (5 children)

    For instance:

    I asked Claude to help me create a website. IMHO the one it built (with some back and forth) was way better than websites I have paid professionals to build.

    Furthermore, it showed me how to get it hosted for free.

    It created programs that keep it updated that do not involve using Claude.

    I currently have a step where I am involved in the updates, but once I have confidence that it can properly handle edge cases I will have it completely automate the process.

    Siri cannot do that.

    MIT says AI can credibly do undergraduate work

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/08/25/ai-can-now-credibly-complete-most-undergraduate-assignments-mit-warns/

    People keep piling into the copium but they should be paying attention.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

    I think you're misunderstanding my question, I'm not saying LLMs can't spit out a website so perfectly convincing that it would be impossible to discern from a human made website.

    I'm asking what makes speeding up the creation of such "slop-sites" useful or desirable to anyone?

    EDIT: Maybe you could sell me on why automating undergraduate work is something interesting or helpful?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    My example was to refute the prior comments

    Thanks for knowing that my website is slop having not seen it

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (2 children)

    Man, every time I ask someone what makes LLMs useful I get weird rambling defensiveness.

    I don't understand how "automated production of websites that can fool you into believing a person made them" is helpful or interesting or valuable to anyone but propogandists and scammers.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Where I work it has become standard to use these tools. Being dismissive of it's capabilities is a ship that sailed 2 years ago, and unfortunately it will only get more powerful.

    I hate it though and wish we could put all this back into Pandora's box.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    I know you think they're good, I asked what makes them good. Maybe you can you give an example of what makes them good? It might help me understand your perspective.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Theres a really interesting episode of the podcast "diary of s ceo" with the guest Ed Zitron. He says a lot about how we can see some really good uses for AI but not trillions of dollars worth of use. Billions, maybe, but trillions? Personally, im wondering if this is a way for the uber rich to suck as much money out of the rich before the economy collapses.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    The investment speculation angle really does feel like crypto 2.0. Blockchain tech has some interesting, though niche right now, uses.

    I'm with Ed I absolutely don't think LLMs are worthless but anyone who thinks a critical mass of real people want to pay real dollars for slop are living a fantasy.

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