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Large Language Models are not a search engine


An LLM is not a Search Engine

At the heart of these so-called “hallucinations” is the initial challenge of determining probability distributions within massive collections of text, using a pure language model, designed to predict the next words. Gathering that data is an edge that we can assume social media companies like Meta, and search engines such as Google, have over the upstarts. So it’s no surprise that 404 Media discovered that the source of the “add glue to your pizza to keep the sauce thick” comment was from a Reddit user named F*cksmith in a post from 11 years ago.

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