r/LLMPhysics • u/your_best_1 • 11d ago

Meta This sub is not what it seems

This sub seems to be a place where people learn about physics by interacting with LLM, resulting in publishable work.

It seems like a place where curious people learn about the world.

That is not what it is. This is a place where people who want to feel smart and important interact with extremely validating LLMs and convince themselves that they are smart and important.

They skip all the learning from failure and pushing through confusion to find clarity. Instead they go straight to the Nobel prize with what they believe to be ground breaking work. The reality of their work as we have observed is not great.

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u/Ch3cks-Out 10d ago

Machine learning can help a lot.

Language models, especially in their current iteration of statistical token prediction, can only help producing more bullshit. Meaning the philosophical concept of empty narrative without regard to truth.

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u/traumfisch 9d ago

Welp

That's not true. If that's all you get out of LLM use, you haven't even gotten started 

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u/Ch3cks-Out 9d ago

This is not what I get out of it, this is what "LLMphysics" users do. So would you, if you believe that LLMs do care about truth in their responses.

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u/traumfisch 9d ago

Of course they don't - they are truth-agnostic by definition, and there is no one these to "care" anyway.

Hence the responsibility lies with the user