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It is easier to trust in the correctness and reliability of an LLM when you treat it as a glorified NLP function with a very narrow scope and limited responsibilities. That is to say, LLMs rarely mess up specific low level instructions, compared to open-ended, long-horizon tasks.
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Clankers are not humans.
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This is the second time I've seen somebody use the word "clankers" in the last couple days to refer to AI. Is that a thing now? Where'd that come from?

Gonna be honest, it has taken away from the message both times I've seen it. It feels a bit like you're LARPing your favorite humans vs robots tv show.

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I've been hearing the term in IRC and discords for about a year or more already.

I get that it can seem childish but when you compare that to the indolent people who are demanding AI, it cancels out.

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It is a thing, i've been hearing it for at least 6 months. There's a lot of people who really hate AI and want nothing to do with it.
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You can find the answers to both of your questions on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clanker
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