Jeff Grigg (jeffgrigg@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Sep-2024 08:33:04 JST

@grrrr_shark @varx

Actually, insightful investigation has shown that LLMs are *no good at summarization*.

They do not and cannot understand the *meaning* of the text. So they can't pick out the most important parts.

All they can do is show you the most frequently repeated or similar parts. And often, that's the *least* important stuff:

It often takes lots of evidence to reach a conclusion. And you have to eliminate alternative theories.

Volume is NOT importance!!!