Every model mangles the weekly supermarket discount leaflets the same way

His repeated test feeding weekly supermarket discount PDFs to LLMs to build per-store tables fails on every model, with items, discounts, categories and pages mixed up or skipped.

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How it works

He repeatedly feeds weekly supermarket discount PDFs to LLMs to build per-store tables
It fails on every model
Items, discounts, categories and pages get mixed up or skipped

Why it’s worth knowing

Leaflets are designed to be scanned by eyes, and it shows.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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