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Programming with LLMs is like playing a slot machine: whether you win comes down to luck, so effort spent on prompting is wasted.
Drawn from what Thorsten Ball said, then moved away from
SubjectLLMs
What Thorsten Ball actually said
- Thorsten Ball Co-founder of Amp and co-host of the Raising an Agent podcast
Recalls holdingIt’s not a slot machine and it’s not a coin toss when you ask it to complete something.
Their words nowFine-tuning showed me that effort, and care, and patience are rewarded.
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