> The problem with this entire space is that we have VC hype for work that should ultimately still be being done in research labs.
I also have two crypto-bro friends that are hyping it up without having anything to show for it. Which is why I'm sort of complaining about they hype surrounding it. I agree with your post to a large extent. This is not production ready technology. Maybe tomorrow.
LLMs are quite good at text based tasks such as summarization and extracting entities.
These generally don't require advanced logic or thought, though they can require some moderate reasoning ability to summarize two slightly conflicting text extracts.
Lots of corporate work would be enhanced by better summarization, better information dissemination, and better text extraction. Most of it is pretty boring work, but there's a lot of it.
VC hypes seem to want to mostly focus on fantastical problems, though, which sound impressive at dinner parties but don't actually work well.
If you're a VC, do you want to talk about your investment in a company that finds discrepancies in invoices, or one that self-writes consumer iPhone apps?
HN doesn't allow posting AI content, but I tried pasting that in gemini and it did fine. Saw no errors, maybe it missed some important details but everything I checked matched the article and those details seemed like a good summary.
Here is what it wrote, didn't have enough tokens for the last 20% of the article though:
A Longstanding Partnership: The collaboration began in 2014 after the pro-Russian government was ousted in Ukraine. The CIA was initially cautious due to concerns about trust and provoking Russia.
Building Trust: Ukrainian intelligence officials gradually earned the CIA's trust by providing valuable intel, including on Russia's involvement in the downing of MH17 and election interference.
Hidden Network: The CIA secretly funded and equipped a network of 12 spy bases along the Ukrainian border used for intelligence gathering.
Training and Operations: The CIA trained Ukrainian special forces (Unit 2245) and intelligence officers (Operation Goldfish) for missions behind enemy lines.
Friction and Red Lines: The Ukrainians sometimes disregarded CIA restrictions on lethal operations, leading to tensions but not severing the partnership.
Current Importance: This intelligence network is now crucial for Ukraine's defense, providing critical intel on Russian troop movements and enabling long-range strikes.
I also have two crypto-bro friends that are hyping it up without having anything to show for it. Which is why I'm sort of complaining about they hype surrounding it. I agree with your post to a large extent. This is not production ready technology. Maybe tomorrow.