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  @RonJeffries@mastodon.social I've been giving this a lot of thought. I don't use LLMs to generate code, but I find them invaluable for answering questions when normal web searches fail. The LLM, by combining multiple sources, is able to create knowledge that may not be apparent in the sources. It also might not be correct, but that's why you research answers, no matter where they come from. Given that usage, my question for myself is: are LLMs inherently bad due to environmental imp...

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  Yesterday I had a disturbing experience. The temperature in Philadelphia never got out of the teens, but I summoned my inner New Englander and went out to run errands on foot. Given the temperature, and my desire to protect my face, I pulled on a balaclava. Approaching the main shopping district, there was a 60-something man coming the other way who stopped dead in his tracks with an "oh shit" expression on his face. I pulled the balaclava off, and said hello. There's...