‘Things We Learned About LLMs in 2024’
Simon Willison:
A lot has happened in the world of Large Language Models over
the course of 2024. Here’s a review of things we figured out about
the field in the past twelve months, plus my attempt at
identifying key themes and pivotal moments. […]
I think telling people that this whole field is environmentally
catastrophic plagiarism machines that constantly make things up is
doing those people a disservice, no matter how much truth that
represents. There is genuine value to be had here, but getting to
that value is unintuitive and needs guidance.
Those of us who understand this stuff have a duty to help everyone
else figure it out.
Nobody is doing a better job of that than Willison. I learned so much from reading this piece — I bet you will too.
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Simon Willison:
A lot has happened in the world of Large Language Models over
the course of 2024. Here’s a review of things we figured out about
the field in the past twelve months, plus my attempt at
identifying key themes and pivotal moments. […]
I think telling people that this whole field is environmentally
catastrophic plagiarism machines that constantly make things up is
doing those people a disservice, no matter how much truth that
represents. There is genuine value to be had here, but getting to
that value is unintuitive and needs guidance.
Those of us who understand this stuff have a duty to help everyone
else figure it out.
Nobody is doing a better job of that than Willison. I learned so much from reading this piece — I bet you will too.