I use LLMs as a kind of search that is slightly less structured. There are two broad cases:
1) I know a little bit about something, but I need to be able to look up the knowledge tree for more context: `What are the opposing viewpoints to Adam Smith's thesis on economics?` `Describe the different categories of compilers.`
2) I have a very specific search in mind but it's in a domain that has a lot of specific terminology that doesn't surface easily in a google search unless you use that specific terminology: `Name the different kinds of music chords and explain each one.`
LLMs are great when a search engine would only surface knowledge that's either too general or too specific and the search engine can't tell the semantic difference between the two.
Sometimes when I'm searching I need to be able to search at different levels of understanding to move forward.
1) I know a little bit about something, but I need to be able to look up the knowledge tree for more context: `What are the opposing viewpoints to Adam Smith's thesis on economics?` `Describe the different categories of compilers.`
2) I have a very specific search in mind but it's in a domain that has a lot of specific terminology that doesn't surface easily in a google search unless you use that specific terminology: `Name the different kinds of music chords and explain each one.`
LLMs are great when a search engine would only surface knowledge that's either too general or too specific and the search engine can't tell the semantic difference between the two.
Sometimes when I'm searching I need to be able to search at different levels of understanding to move forward.