Opinion: Calling LLMs Search Engines is Over-Generalization
gandamu_ml · x · 2026-09-01
Arguing against the analogy of LLMs as search engines, the author suggests it is an over-generalization. He notes that just as one could technically claim 'cooking is particle physics,' if the definition is loose enough, humans could also be classified as search engines. He argues that LLMs lack a clear distinction between code and data, rendering the search engine definition meaningless in this context.
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