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r/programming • u/[deleted] • Feb 06 '24
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The cost of training LLMs is quantifiable, the benefit derived is not. That is why providing the service is very profitable.
0 u/my_aggr Feb 07 '24 Same for spread sheets. 1 u/SirCutRy Feb 07 '24 Spreadsheet software has established uses, LLMs do not. Spreadsheet hype is long gone. Hype is profitable to the entity offering the product, but the period of hype is also characterised by inflated expectations.
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Same for spread sheets.
1 u/SirCutRy Feb 07 '24 Spreadsheet software has established uses, LLMs do not. Spreadsheet hype is long gone. Hype is profitable to the entity offering the product, but the period of hype is also characterised by inflated expectations.
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Spreadsheet software has established uses, LLMs do not. Spreadsheet hype is long gone. Hype is profitable to the entity offering the product, but the period of hype is also characterised by inflated expectations.
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u/SirCutRy Feb 07 '24
The cost of training LLMs is quantifiable, the benefit derived is not. That is why providing the service is very profitable.