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From: Noel Hunt <noel.hunt@gmail.com>
To: Norman Wilson <norman@oclsc.org>
Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org
Subject: [TUHS] Re: On the unreliability of LLM-based search results (was: Listing of early Unix source code from the Computer History Museum)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 06:36:12 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGfO01yVzSJSm6YQcZsaSTM=_VCqQduh7Aa3vod2sXXuSZ6QHw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F7093F5EDCBB735E2C7C473314D40D5A.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org>

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On Tue, 27 May 2025 at 02:40, Norman Wilson <norman@oclsc.org> wrote:

> an LLM is pretty much just a much-fancier and better-automated
> descendant of Mark V Shaney: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_V._Shaney


I am glad someone has finally pointed that out.

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       reply	other threads:[~2025-05-26 20:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <F7093F5EDCBB735E2C7C473314D40D5A.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org>
2025-05-26 20:36 ` Noel Hunt [this message]
     [not found]   ` <CAKzdPgzNBUiT4GeQUnBX38+3dtNY=2Gw=9mFUy2anMoO4DUECg@mail.gmail.com>
2025-05-27 18:11     ` [TUHS] Mark V Shaney (Re: Re: On the unreliability of LLM-based search results (was: Listing of early Unix source code from the Computer History Museum)) Dan Cross
     [not found] ` <CAEdTPBeFUcxAZWn1=mZnwTmF2a3DN-1GnXXB6WmV5gaqZHz1Lw@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]   ` <769a9c94-055d-4bdd-a921-3e154c3b492f@infinitecactus.com>
     [not found]     ` <CAEdTPBcr2ajyAQh24LPtiQLBjfe2G2MYwoq8x_3bt6TzOT1_BA@mail.gmail.com>
2025-05-26 18:45       ` [TUHS] Wikipedia anecdotes - LLM generalizations [was On the unreliability of LLM-based search results (was: Listing of early Unix source code from the Computer History Museum) Charles H Sauer (he/him)
     [not found]     ` <87frgqequk.fsf@gmail.com>
2025-05-27  3:08       ` [TUHS] Re: On the unreliability of LLM-based search results George Michaelson
     [not found] ` <DEBB648F-52A0-4E52-AC26-E2067FE7E0CD@humeweb.com>
     [not found]   ` <3e4339e9-bf9a-2b72-b47a-f20f81a153b5@makerlisp.com>
     [not found]     ` <202505312009.54VK97bQ4163488@freefriends.org>
     [not found]       ` <0adb7694-f99f-dafa-c906-d5502647aaf0@makerlisp.com>
     [not found]         ` <CAO2qRdMHAUHdPj9odydp3c9YwfaaU2pZiR6nmNS8O3r=rjKfWw@mail.gmail.com>
2025-05-31 22:47           ` [TUHS] Re: On the unreliability of LLM-based search results (was: Listing of early Unix source code from the Computer History Museum) Luther Johnson

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