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Hacker News Discussion: LLM Classification Viewed as Feature Engineering

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A Hacker News discussion argues that LLM classification tasks are fundamentally about feature engineering, offering a technically substantive perspective on model behavior. The discussion highlights how the approach to classification with LLMs can be understood through the lens of feature engineering, potentially influencing how researchers and engineers design and evaluate such systems.

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