• xor
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    11 hours ago

    Hammers are unreliable.

    You can hit your thumb if you use the tool wrong, and it can break, doing damage, if e.g. it is not stored properly. When you use a hammer, you accept these risks, and can choose to take steps to mitigate them by storing it properly, taking care when using it and checking it’s not loose before using it.

    In the same regard, if you use LLMs for what they’re good at, and verify their outputs, they can be useful tools.

    “LLMs pointless because I can write a shopping list myself” is like saying “hammers are pointless because I can just use this plank instead”. Sure, you can do that, but there’s other scenarios where a hammer would be kinda handy.

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      11 hours ago

      if you use LLMs for what they’re good at, and verify their outputs

      This is the part the general public is not prepared for, and why the whole house of cards falls apart.

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        9 hours ago

        I agree - but that’s user error, not a bad tool