On: Ask HN: Is anyone doing anything cool with tiny language models?

[beernet]

> I don't know.

HN in a nutshell: I've built some cool tech but have no idea if it is helpful or even counter productive...

[corobo → beernet]

Real HN in a nutshell: People who don't build stuff telling people who do build stuff that the thing they built is useless :P

It's a hacker forum, let people hack!

If anything have a dig at OP for posting the thread too soon before the parent commenter has had the chance to gather any data, haha

[Breza → corobo]

Great attitude! I recently built a tool for my wife that uses an LLM to automate a task. Is it production ready? Definitely not. But it saves her time even in its current state.

[greenavocado → corobo]

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should

[corobo → greenavocado]

If you're building a dinosaur sanctuary sure

[stackghost → corobo]

Or an Internet surveillance-capitalism panopticon.

[kaspermarstal → beernet]

I am not going to claim or report any kind of accuracy, especially with such a small model and such a specific, context dependent use case. It is the user’s responsibility to cross validate if it’s accurate enough for their use case and upgrade model or use another approach if not.

[jbs789 → kaspermarstal]

A user buys a car because it gets them from point A to point B. I get what you’re saying though - we are earlier along the adoption curve for these models and more responsibility sits with the user. Over time the expectations will no doubt increase.

[dzamo_norton → kaspermarstal]

Offer a 100% money back guarantee if the user finds that the software is not fit for purpose :)

[rasmus1610 → beernet]

Sometimes people just like to build stuff for the sake of it.

[jajko → rasmus1610]

Almost like hackers, doing shit just for the heck of it because they can (mostly)

[sidcool → beernet]

Sometimes it's the joy of creation. Utility and optimization come later. It's fun. Like a hobby.