Building llm-driven “ai” still requires domain knowledge

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The article discusses that building LLM-driven AI tools still requires capturing domain knowledge, though it's easier than previous AI generations because knowledge doesn't need to be strictly structured.

<p>I’m in the process of building an llm driven tool to take user questions and answer them using our customer api at $work.</p> <p>A big part of the work is capturing the domain knowledge and writing it down. It’s easier than previous generations of “ai” because the knowledge doesn’t strictly have to be rendered into a structured format, but this is what previous generations of “ai” foundered on.</p>
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# Building llm-driven “ai” still requires domain knowledge Source: [https://lobste.rs/s/q9sd1m/building_llm_driven_ai_still_requires](https://lobste.rs/s/q9sd1m/building_llm_driven_ai_still_requires) I’m in the process of building an llm driven tool to take user questions and answer them using our customer api at $work\. A big part of the work is capturing the domain knowledge and writing it down\. It’s easier than previous generations of “ai” because the knowledge doesn’t strictly have to be rendered into a structured format, but this is what previous generations of “ai” foundered on\.

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