MDN can now automatically lie to people seeking technical information
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#2This is not a good look for what is the de facto go-to (from my perspective) reference guide for web development. I’m not too crazy about MDN, but I expected better from them.
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#3But I thought it was supposed to be my Trusted Companion… That phrase had my eyes rolling
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#4Did the AI Explain button replace a more reliable feature?
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#5Did the AI Explain button replace a more reliable feature?
With placebos, the correct question is: does it displace more efficacious procedures.
I'd say yes. Even if something is a placebo, it's ability to displace better solutions is the problem
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#6This is a heavily editorialized title.
It’s just a feature that explains a web platform doc using LLMs.
They can be inaccurate sometimes, but as long as that’s clear to the end user (in this case, developers) I don’t think that’s a problem. Heck, many of us do this day-to-day with ChatGPT.
In this case, the sin was not making the potential for inaccuracies clear enough.
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#7Imagine putting an LLM anywhere health, safety, or regulation are involved. It would be engineering malpractice.
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#8Now if only an AI could explain to me those intractable terms and contracts of BigCo's. /s
Re: MDN can now automatically lie to people seeking technical information
#9Did the AI Explain button replace a more reliable feature?
With placebos, the correct question is: does it displace more efficacious procedures. I'd say yes. Even if something is a placebo, it's ability to displace better solutions is the problem
I don't use MDN. I'm just asking if they removed something when they added this feature.
Characterizing LLMs as placebos or "designed to produce gibberish" is inaccurate.
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#10Now if only an AI could explain to me those intractable terms and contracts of BigCo's. /s
https://tosdr.org has existed for years before the current LLM wave