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Feature engineering remains critical despite LLMs, author argues

Feature engineering remains crucial for machine learning models, even with the rise of large language models (LLMs). The author argues that the quality of features fed into a model significantly impacts accuracy more than the choice of algorithm itself. While LLMs can automate parts of feature extraction, particularly from unstructured text, they do not replace the need for thoughtful feature engineering, especially with structured business data. AI

IMPACT Argues that LLMs do not eliminate the need for manual feature engineering, especially for structured data, impacting how AI models are built and deployed.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece arguing a specific point about the continued relevance of feature engineering in the context of LLMs.

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Feature engineering remains critical despite LLMs, author argues

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 (AF) · Jignesh Maheshwari ·

    LLMs didn't kill feature engineering. Engineers did.

    <p>Somewhere around when LLMs started eating every roadmap, a quiet belief took over a lot of teams. If the model is big enough, it'll figure out the patterns on its own. Why bother hand crafting features when you can just throw raw data at something with a few hundred billion pa…