> LLMs are only useful if you know the topic you’re asking questions about.
Not true, and you're missing a key point for the topic at hand. LLMs are useful if you know the topic OR if you have measurable outcomes. If you want to increase sales, and you ask an LLM how to increase sales, you will know if its ideas work if they result in increased sales.
Think of it like AlphaGo - it learned to play Go by playing with an AI despite having no knowledge of Go strategy, because it could determine what was effective based on outcomes.
But I would only know about the result for my sales in some weeks or months. I have to trust the LLM in the meantime - and your example implies that the LLM answer could be proven wrong. How is that different from asking a complete stranger about better sales strategies for my business? Or even throw a dice?
Not true, and you're missing a key point for the topic at hand. LLMs are useful if you know the topic OR if you have measurable outcomes. If you want to increase sales, and you ask an LLM how to increase sales, you will know if its ideas work if they result in increased sales.
Think of it like AlphaGo - it learned to play Go by playing with an AI despite having no knowledge of Go strategy, because it could determine what was effective based on outcomes.