• Kache@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    In my experience, LLMs aren’t really that good at summarizing

    It’s more like they can “rewrite more concisely” which is a bit different

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      Summarizing requires understanding what’s important, and LLMs don’t “understand” anything.

      They can reduce word counts, and they have some statistical models that can tell them which words are fillers. But, the hilarious state of Apple Intelligence shows how frequently that breaks.

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      If it isn’t accurate to the source material, it isn’t concise.

      LLMs are good at reducing word count.