Comment by robot-wrangler
Comment by robot-wrangler 4 hours ago
> LLMs solve reliably entire classes of problems that are impossible to solve otherwise.
Is it really ok to have to negotiate with a toaster if it additionally works as a piano and a phone? I think not. The first step is admitting there is obviously a problem, afterwards you can think of ways to adapt.
FTR, I'm very much in favor of AI, but my enthusiasm especially for LLMs isn't unconditional. If this kind of madness is really the price of working with it in the current form, then we probably need to consider pivoting towards smaller purpose-built LMs and abandoning the "do everything" approach.
We are there in the small already. My old TV had a receiver and a pair of external speakers connected to it. I could decrease and increase the receiver volume with its extra remote. Two buttons, up and down. This was with an additional remote that came with the receiver.
Nowadays, a more capable 5.1 speaker receiver is connected to the TV.
There is only one remote, for both. To increase or decreae the volume after starting the TV now, I have to:
1. wait a few seconds while the internal speakers in the TV starts playing sound
2. the receiver and TV connect to each other, audio switches over to receiver
3. wait a few seconds
4. the TV channel (or Netflix or whatever) switches over to the receiver welcome screen. Audio stops playing, but audio is now switched over to the receiver, but there is no indication of what volume the receiver is set to. It's set to whatever it was last time it was used. It could be level 0, it could be level 100 or anything in between.
5. switch back to TV channel or Netflix. That's at a minimum 3 presses on the remote. (MENU, DOWN, ENTER) or (MENU, DOWN, LEFT, LEFT, ENTER) for instance. Don't press too fast, you have to wait ever so slightly between presses or they won't register.
6. Sorry, you were too impatient and fast when you switched back to TV, the receiver wants to show you its welcome screen again.
7. switch back to TV channel or Netflix. That's at a minimum 3 presses on the remote. (MENU, DOWN, ENTER) or (MENU, DOWN, LEFT, LEFT, ENTER) for instance. Don't press too fast, you have to wait ever so slightly between presses or they won't register.
8. Now you can change volume up and down. Very, very slowly. Hope it's not at night and you don't want to wake anyone up.