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[–] FatTony@discuss.online 28 points 3 weeks ago (38 children)

Yeah, kinda makes you wonder as to why proton is adding A.I. features though.

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 50 points 3 weeks ago (32 children)

I think it might be because AI (aka LLMs) is genuinely useful when used properly.

I use AI all the time to write emails. I give the LLM the email thread along with instructions like “I can’t make it Tuesday ask if they can do Wednesday at 2pm”

The AI will write out an email that’s polite and relevant in context. Totally worth it.

I think the problem is people/companies trying to shove LLMs where they don’t make sense.

[–] plasticcheese@lemmy.one 72 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (10 children)

I am not a fan of this. I see it all the time at work and it's very obvious when someone has chatGPT write an email for them (it's always such a sterile and yet overcomplicated writing style). If it's a direct email to me, I tend to feel insulted that they couldn't be bothered to write those 4 paragraphs themselves - it would have taken them 2 mins. There is a definite human disconnect going on in society at the moment, and its worrying.

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I can understand that. I don’t actually use chatGPT to be fair. I use a locally run open source LLM. This all being said I do think it’s important to fine tune any LLM you use to match your writing style. Else you end up with chatGPT generic style writing.

I would argue that not fine tuning a LLM to match tone and style counts as either misuse or hobbyist use.

[–] yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I use a locally run open source LLM.

How? GPT4All + Llama or something else? I just started dipping my toe in locally run open source LLM.

not fine tuning a LLM to match tone and style counts as either misuse or hobbyist use

You’ve hit the nail on the head with this one. I think the other commenters are right, that a lot of people will misuse the tool, but nonetheless it is an issue with the users, not the tool itself.

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

My main workstation runs Linux and I use Llama.cpp. I used it with mistral’s latest largest model but I have used others in the past.

I appreciate your thoughts here. Lemmy I think, in general, has an indistinguishing anti LLM bias.

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