BORING IS GOOD

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

AI language models should focus on "boring" tasks, like proofreading and summarizing, rather than attempting high-level thinking, where hallucinations and faulty reasoning can lead to failures. Small language models (SLMs) are sufficient for these modest language tasks, offering benefits such as easier ethical training and lower costs. The industry has been using LLMs backwards by trying to automate complex tasks from the top down instead of augmenting simpler tasks from the bottom up.