About whether LLMs could learn from no more text than a college graduate reads.
Has this happened?
Yes 49 (43%)Not sure 28 (25%)No 36 (32%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether LLMs could learn from no more text than a college graduate reads.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
I'll be convinced LLMs are a reasonable approach to AI when an LLM can give reasonable answers after being trained with approximately the same books and classes in school that I was once I completed my college education.