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[–] Gladaed@feddit.org -3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

How would it do that?

It's a set of inputs that generates and output, once per execution. Integrating it into an infrastructure that allows it to start external programs and scheduling really isn't on the LLM.

You cannot start a timer without having a timer, too. And LLMs aren't brings who exist continually like you and me so time exists on a different, foreign dimension to an LLM.

[–] shweddy@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Its a joke referencing how Sam altman said openai would need about a year to get chatgpt able to start a timer

https://gizmodo.com/sam-altman-says-itll-take-another-year-before-chatgpt-can-start-a-timer-2000743487

[–] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You attach an epoch timestamp to the initial message and then you see how much time has passed since then. Does this sound like rocket surgery?

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

How does the LLM check the timestamps without a prompt? By continually prompting? In which case, you are the timer.