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  • LLMs cannot:

    • Tell fact from fiction
    • Accurately recall data from its training set
    • Count

    LLMs can

    • Translate
    • Get the general vibe of a text (sentiment analysis)
    • Generate plausible text

    Semantics aside, they’re very different skills that require different setups to accomplish. Just because counting is an easier task than analysing text for humans, doesn’t mean it’s the same it’s the same for a LLM. You can’t use that as evidence for its inability to do the “harder” tasks.





  • Volume is only useful for things that are non-compressible (i.e. fluid). What if you’re measuring flour? Usually, the measurements are given for sifted flour, but that’s not something you would know unless you’re experienced in the kitchen. And even if you do sift your flour, there’s still going to be a lot of variation depending on how much things get compressed again as you’re scooping it out.