Can Generalist Foundation Models Outcompete Special-Purpose Tuning? Case Study in Medicine ยท HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2311.16452/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTCan Generalist Foundation Models Outcompete Special-Purpose Tuning? Case Study in Medicine โ€” mentioned by adam_smith123https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38490878urn:hackerpapers:mention:2311.16452:38490878Fri, 01 Dec 2023 19:12:41 GMT<p>Idk a paper literally just came out showing that improved prompting of bigger general models was generally superior to specialized models. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.16452.pdf</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2311.16452/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CLCan Generalist Foundation Models Outcompete Special-Purpose Tuning? Case Study in Medicine โ€” HN submissionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38472128urn:hackerpapers:submission:2311.16452:38472128Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:14:23 GMT<p>Can generalist foundation models beat special-purpose tuning?</p><p></p><p>126 points; 64 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2311.16452/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CLCan Generalist Foundation Models Outcompete Special-Purpose Tuning? Case Study in Medicine โ€” HN submissionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38462092urn:hackerpapers:submission:2311.16452:38462092Wed, 29 Nov 2023 17:15:45 GMT<p>Can Generalist Foundation Models Outcompete Special-Purpose Tuning? (Medical QA)</p><p></p><p>2 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2311.16452/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CL