> It reminded me of a time I was at the ER for a rib injury and could see my doctor Wikipedia'ing stuff
When was this and what country was it in?
> The doctor, the lawyer - like the software engineer - will simply be more powerful than ever
I love that LLMs exist and this is what people see this as the "low hanging fruit." You'd expect that if these models had any real value, they would be used in any other walk of life first, the fact that they're targeted towards these professions, to me, highlights the fact that they are not currently useful and the owners are hoping to recoup their investments by shoving them into the highest value locations.
Anyways.. if my Doctor is using an LLM, then I don't need them anymore, and the concept of a hospital is now meaningless. The notion that there would be a middle ground here adds additional insight to the potential future applications of this technology.
Where did all the skepticism go? It's all wanna be marketing here now.
> Anyways.. if my Doctor is using an LLM, then I don't need them anymore, and the concept of a hospital is now meaningless.
Let's test out this "if A then B therefore C" on a few other scenarios:
- If your lawyer is using a paralegal, you don't need your lawyer any more, and the concept of a law firm is now meaningless.
- If your home's contractor is using a day laborer, you don't need your contractor any more, and the concept of a construction company is meaningless.
- If your market is using a cashier, you don't need the manager any more, and the concept of a supermarket is meaningless.
It seems none of these make much sense.
As long as we've had vocations, we've had apprentices to masters of craft, and assistants to directors of work.
That's "all" an LLM is: a secretary pool speed typist with an autodidact's memory and the domain wisdom of an intern.
The part of this that's super valuable is the lateral thinking connections through context, as the LLM has read more than any master of any domain, and can surface ideas and connections the expert may not have been exposed to. As an expert, however, they can guide the LLM's output, iterating with it as they would their assistant, until the staff work is fit for use.
> if LLMs had value they would be used elsewhere first therefore they are not currently useful
I don't see how this logically follows. LLMs are already used and will continue to displace tooling (and even jobs) in various positions whether its cashiers, medical staff, legal staff, auto shops, police (field work and dispatch), etc. The fact they don't immediately displace knowledge workers is:
1) A win for knowledge workers, you just got a free and open source tool that makes you more valuable
2) Not indicative of lacking value, looks more like LLMs finding product-market-fit
> the concept of a hospital is now meaningless
Like saying you won't go to an auto shop that does research, or hire a developer who uses a coding assistant. Why? They'd just be better, more informed.
When was this and what country was it in?
> The doctor, the lawyer - like the software engineer - will simply be more powerful than ever
I love that LLMs exist and this is what people see this as the "low hanging fruit." You'd expect that if these models had any real value, they would be used in any other walk of life first, the fact that they're targeted towards these professions, to me, highlights the fact that they are not currently useful and the owners are hoping to recoup their investments by shoving them into the highest value locations.
Anyways.. if my Doctor is using an LLM, then I don't need them anymore, and the concept of a hospital is now meaningless. The notion that there would be a middle ground here adds additional insight to the potential future applications of this technology.
Where did all the skepticism go? It's all wanna be marketing here now.