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A pure academic would make an excellent LLM: Consuming great volumes of knowledge and calling them forth in response to the right prompt, combined and restated with references if desired, but lacking substantial processing in between.
A pure academic would make an excellent LLM: Consuming great volumes of knowledge and calling them forth in response to the right prompt, combined and restated with references if desired, but lacking substantial processing in between.


Imagine asking such a person, or LLM, "Is this study's method and conclusion valid?" They might reply by saying, "It's from Harvard Medical School," or, "Here are six other studies that reached similar conclusions."
Imagine asking such a person, or LLM; "Is this study's method and conclusion valid?" They might reply by saying, "It's from Harvard Medical School," or, "Here are six other studies that reached similar conclusions."


It is a valuable and important function in society. It is different from creating new knowledge, but it is quite valuable.
It is a valuable and important function in society. It is different from creating new knowledge, but it is quite valuable.

Revision as of 19:14, 17 September 2025

A pure academic would make an excellent LLM: Consuming great volumes of knowledge and calling them forth in response to the right prompt, combined and restated with references if desired, but lacking substantial processing in between.

Imagine asking such a person, or LLM; "Is this study's method and conclusion valid?" They might reply by saying, "It's from Harvard Medical School," or, "Here are six other studies that reached similar conclusions."

It is a valuable and important function in society. It is different from creating new knowledge, but it is quite valuable.