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Written by John Gruber on 2024-12-21 at 17:57

I asked “What was the moneyline for Thursday's game between the Chargers and Broncos?”

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Written by John Gruber on 2024-12-21 at 18:11

Here’s Siri's utterly botched result for “What was the Vikings-Bears score last week?”, and ChatGPT's response to the exact same query.

Siri is technically correct that the Vikings and Bears did not play between Dec 8 and last Saturday, Dec. 15, but they did play last week on Sunday. [Edit: Monday] ChatGPT completely nailed it, with the correct score in the first paragraph and more details below, including sources at ESPN and Reuters.

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Written by Curioso 🍉 🇺🇦 (jgg) on 2024-12-21 at 18:32

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Asking a LLM for accurate answers is misusing it. It simply isn't in its nature to do that.

If you want accurate answers, you need an old fashioned hand coded application. It was designed for it.

LLMs can be good for suggestions, inspiration or first drafts.

By the way, there have been non-LLM applications for that since forever. But they have never had all the money LLMs have behind, so they have always been small tools.

A tailored app will always be better than a LLM for the same feature. The time to use an LLM is when it is the only viable option.

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