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Experienced software developers assumed AI would save them a chunk of time. But in one experiment, their tasks took 20% longer (fortune.com)
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[-] tja@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 days ago

It seems you are still confusing context with training? Did you read that text and understand it?

Did you follow it yourself to build an llm?

[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

I bet they had an LLM read it and summarize it for them

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Why do you think it’s solely a training issue?

[-] tja@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

So, you did not? Ok

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