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minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·17 days agoSales should be at 100% though, as LLMs are already capable of confidently lying about a product’s capabilities
minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoCalling it lying is anthropomorphizing them. It implies they know the truth and choose not to give it - that’s not what’s happening.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoIt’s true, sales people probably believe the stuff they say
minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoThen they’re not lying. Also, LLMs don’t have beliefs either. That’s still anthropomorphizing it.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoI was just making a joke about sales, we don’t need to fully dissect it, but I can appreciate a desire for accuracy in my comedy so here’s a rewrite: Sales should be at 100% though, as LLMs are already capable of confidently bullshitting about a product’s capabilities
Sales should be at 100% though, as LLMs are already capable of confidently lying about a product’s capabilities
Calling it lying is anthropomorphizing them. It implies they know the truth and choose not to give it - that’s not what’s happening.
It’s true, sales people probably believe the stuff they say
Then they’re not lying.
Also, LLMs don’t have beliefs either. That’s still anthropomorphizing it.
I was just making a joke about sales, we don’t need to fully dissect it, but I can appreciate a desire for accuracy in my comedy so here’s a rewrite: