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> It read like no one really knew what they were doing. In my experience, hardly anyone in software does know what they're doing, for sufficiently rigorous val
by PhasmaFelis 2y ago
> It read like no one really knew what they were doing.
In my experience, hardly anyone in software does know what they're doing, for sufficiently rigorous values of "know what you're doing." We all read about other people's stupid mistakes, and think "haha, I would never have done that, because I know about XYZ!" And then we go off and happily make some equally stupid mistake because we don't know about ABC.
- zeroonetwothree 2y agoThere’s a difference between not knowing what you are doing and making a mistake.
- PhasmaFelis 2y agoAn awful lot of mistakes are made because one didn't know something that would have enabled one to avoid it. Not knowing what you don't know is difficult to work around.
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- throw46365 2y agoThe "zen" of LLMs is that they do not see a real distinction between these two things, or either of these two things and success ;-)
- throw46365 2y agoI dunno. I tend to annoy people when taking on jobs by telling people what I am concerned about and do not understand, and then sharing with them the extent to which I have managed to allay my own concerns through research. I turn down a lot of jobs I don't feel confident with; maybe more than I should. An LLM never will.