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[-] Kache@lemm.ee 53 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In my experience, LLMs aren't really that good at summarizing

It's more like they can "rewrite more concisely" which is a bit different

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 month ago

Summarizing requires understanding what's important, and LLMs don't "understand" anything.

They can reduce word counts, and they have some statistical models that can tell them which words are fillers. But, the hilarious state of Apple Intelligence shows how frequently that breaks.

[-] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

I used to play this game with Google translate when it was newish

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

There is, or maybe was, a YouTube channel that would run well known song lyrics through various layers of translation, then attempt to sing the result to the tune of the original.

[-] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Gradually watermelon... I like shapes.

Twisted translations

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Sounds about right to me.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

🎵Once you know which one, you are acidic, to win!🎵

[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago

translation party!

Throw Japanese into English into Japanese into English ad nauseum, untill an 'equilibrium' statement is reached.

... Which was quite often nowhere near the original statement, in either language... but at least the translation algorithm agreed with itself.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

If it isn't accurate to the source material, it isn't concise.

LLMs are good at reducing word count.

[-] eRac@lemmings.world 1 points 1 month ago

In case you haven't seen it, Tom7 created a delightful exploration of using an LLM to manipulate word counts.

[-] baines@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 month ago

you mean hallucinate

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