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Another reason I am in love with LLMs. You don’t need to know the software like the back of your hand - a new environment is like a new programming language, as

Another reason I am in love with LLMs. You don’t need to know the software like the back of your hand - a new environment is like a new programming language, as long as you’re able to ask the right questions new environments will be far more accessible. Experienced admins should know the requirements, and not be limited to the tools. Migrating will be relatively cheap. No wonder they’re hobbling the tools (/tinfoil), they see the threat.

dogleash 3y ago
I'm not so convinced a LLM remixing all the tutorial blogs its ingested is a meaningful quality step above those tutorial blogs themselves. Earlier this year we had a linux task that was above the normal complexity my team deals with. So a few people threw it at chatgpt and were amazed at how good the results were. In reality, it was full of outright factual inaccuracies and non-breaking bad decisions. But their skill ceiling prevented them from seeing how bad the output was. I didn't want to be a wet blanket, so I let them have their fun and quietly guided the jr working on the resolution through an appropriate implementation.
- jtbayly 3y ago
  You should point out to all of them now what the consequences would have been of blindly following the LLM. It's an important lesson they can and should learn from.
  - dogleash 3y ago
    Nah dog, I'm good. I'm not young, eager and naive anymore. "Growing the team's skills" and "working towards company goals" are siren calls. I know how to swim in my own lane.
hedora 3y ago
My experience with LLMs is that they distill just the group think from the internet, and remove all rational thought. I doubt they'll be much help doing anything that is better than whatever standard practice was 6-12 months ago. If anything, I'd expect them to cement in incumbents and bad practices, since fewer people will be reading documentation and thinking critically about how to do better.

dogleash 3y ago

I'm not so convinced a LLM remixing all the tutorial blogs its ingested is a meaningful quality step above those tutorial blogs themselves. Earlier this year we had a linux task that was above the normal complexity my team deals with. So a few people threw it at chatgpt and were amazed at how good the results were. In reality, it was full of outright factual inaccuracies and non-breaking bad decisions. But their skill ceiling prevented them from seeing how bad the output was. I didn't want to be a wet blanket, so I let them have their fun and quietly guided the jr working on the resolution through an appropriate implementation.

jtbayly 3y ago
You should point out to all of them now what the consequences would have been of blindly following the LLM. It's an important lesson they can and should learn from.
- dogleash 3y ago
  Nah dog, I'm good. I'm not young, eager and naive anymore. "Growing the team's skills" and "working towards company goals" are siren calls. I know how to swim in my own lane.

hedora 3y ago

My experience with LLMs is that they distill just the group think from the internet, and remove all rational thought. I doubt they'll be much help doing anything that is better than whatever standard practice was 6-12 months ago. If anything, I'd expect them to cement in incumbents and bad practices, since fewer people will be reading documentation and thinking critically about how to do better.