honestly this comp sci course has only made my already visceral reaction towards LLMs even stronger
computers aren't magic boxes, they're just really fast idiots. they're that shen comic incarnate. they make 10 million calculations a second and they're all slightly wrong, but close enough that we shrug and carry on with it. it's a fucking wonder the world hasn't imploded under the weight of our hubris in thinking that we can stuff boxes full of sand and make them think for us
