Approximate Cat from Adventure Time saying "I have approximate knowledge of many things."

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   zenkat (zenkat@sfba.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Apr-2025 07:24:02 JST zenkat

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   @dngrs @glyph State of the art LLM summarization is quite good, far better than you give it credit for.

   "Approximate knowledge" is an apt descriptor. Did you ever watch Adventure Time? There was this great side character called "Approximate Cat", who had "approximate knowledge of many things". This gave him great powers, but also glaring weaknesses.

   Having a good LLM by your side when working through a massive pile of code & documentation is like having a tame Approximate Cat companion. There are times when approximate knowledge is a great power. And there are times when you better be on top of the fucking details or you're going to get smashed. The trick is knowing which situation you're in.