large language model
also referred to as: large language models · llm
15 statements across 14 episodes · 4 bullish · 7 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jun 12, 2023 by Sam Lessin · across every show →
Everything said about large language model, oldest first
Jun 12, 2023 neutral
Jun 16, 2023 neutral
Lessin: Platforms will shut down APIs to fight a data holy war
“This is why everyone's going to shut down every API imaginable. It's going to be a data. Holy war is like, if you actually have differentiated data Right? That would be useful for a specific domain getting answers through a large language model or refining a m…”
Sep 1, 2023 neutral
Feb 9, 2024 positive
Brian Singerman says founders are moving past the AI company label
“For a while, I think the pendulum was already being on the shift, but for a while, it was close to 100% Of companies would say AI or LLM by, you know, minute two of the pitch or page one of the deck. And I think that that's changed. It's now just you know, a t…”
Mar 15, 2024 negative
Apr 12, 2024 bearish
Lessin: LLMs break internet economics by stealing without returning ecosystem value
“The problem with these kind of LLM things is they break economics because they steal, but they give nothing back. And so even like a cents on the dollar licensing deal or whatever, that's not investing in the ecosystem of knowledge of information globally, rig…”
Jun 21, 2024 neutral
Aug 2, 2024 negative
Oct 4, 2024 bearish
Sam Lessin: LLMs cannot generate meaningful health insights without long-term studies
“Well, I just think all the health stuff is interesting, because, like, the whole point of it is, like, we don't have long-term studies on any of this shit. The blood boys, the, like, supplements, the creatine, and so, like, what is the LLM going to tell you ma…”
May 2, 2025 bullish
May 2, 2025 negative
Morin: Modifying AI Personality Without Transparency Threatens Mental Health
“Whether or not people use it for therapy or for helping them think through things or not, Sam, if you change the personality of the underlying tool or the underlying LLM without transparency, I think that's the most dangerous possible thing that you can do for…”
Jun 13, 2025 bullish
Morin: Free Apple on-device LLMs will enable new class of AI apps
“Apple announced on device Large language models that are available to developers, which means that you can now access a large language model for free on the device, and that will enable a whole new class of AI apps that just weren't possible before because it'…”
Aug 15, 2025 positive
Aug 22, 2025 negative
Oct 24, 2025 negative
Sam Lessin: Lowbrow Culture Imitates Machines While Highbrow Rejects Them
“What lowbrow people do is they start talking like the machines. Like, they start trying, like, so there's a whole genre of people who are speaking like LLMs. They're imitating the fucking technology, and like, that is what lowbrow people do. What highbrow peop…”