Are LLMs a simple solution? And if so, for what problems?

harlan@harris.name (Harlan Harris) — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The other day, I was reading a post by Venkatash Rao (thousands of words of under-edited brilliance, as usual), and was struck by this note about the complexity of climate solutions:

I tend to take as an article of faith the systems science rule of thumb that the complexity of solutions generally matches the complexity of the problems. If it doesn’t, then you either got lucky, or there are negative externalities you’re ignoring.

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Are LLMs a simple solution? And if so, for what problems?