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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 54 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

They didn't think of just letting it generate the text (usually Markdown) and then processing it to HTML?

Wait, the LLM does the "thinking" there.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I assume there's some context for why there is an argument to begin with between whether to prompt for markdown vs html, and what this is actually for

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Well, i've got polls via excel via email at work, so...

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I assume that if it isn't already happening, future models will have instructions to maximize token usage.