Talking to an LLM is like talking to a choir.

2025-01-27 · Bits and Bobs 1/27/25

Talking to an LLM is like talking to a choir^[aco].
- Or maybe a Greek chorus^[acp].
- Sounds like one voice but is actually a multitude singing coherently.
- Not a single perspective, the collective, average hive mind of humanity.^[acq]^[acr]
- Talking to everyone and no one.
- Haunting, larger than life.^[acs]

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