• Feathercrown@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    3 days ago

    Hmm, interesting theory. However:

    1. We know this is an issue with language models, it happens all the time with weaker ones - so there is an alternative explanation.

    2. LLMs are running at a loss right now, the company would lose more money than they gain from you - so there is no motive.

      • MotoAsh@piefed.social
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        2 days ago

        No, it wasn’t a virtue signal, you fucking dingdongs.

        Capitalism is rife with undercooked products, because getting a product out there starts the income flowing sooner. They don’t have to be making a profit for a revenue stream to make sense. Some money is better than no money. Get it?

        Fuck, it’s like all you idiots can do is project your lack of understanding on others…

    • MotoAsh@piefed.social
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      3 days ago

      Of course there’s a technical reason for it, but they have incentive to try and sell even a shitty product.

        • MotoAsh@piefed.social
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          2 days ago

          How does it not? This isn’t a fucking debate. How would artificially bloating the number of tokens they sell not help their bottom line?

          • Feathercrown@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            14 hours ago

            Because they currently lose money for every token sold. They’re operating at a loss to generate a userbase so that they can monetize later. They’re currently in the pre-enshittification (I still don’t like that word) phase where they want to offer a good product at a loss and lure in customers, not phase 2 where they monetize their userbase.

            • MotoAsh@piefed.social
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              10 hours ago

              and? How do you not understand that more money is better for them even if they’re not in the black, yet?

              Two things can be true at once.

              • Feathercrown@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                arrow-down
                1
                ·
                2 hours ago

                Creating additional tokens LOSES them money. For a single token, the cost of generating it exceeds the profits.

                I genuinely don’t understand what would drive someone to be this condescending when you don’t even understand the argument I have clearly laid out four times now.