When I'm asked about my thoughts around AI/LLMs, I tell everyone I see it as the same sort of rapid aid that the ubiquitous existence of Google brought to those

When I'm asked about my thoughts around AI/LLMs, I tell everyone I see it as the same sort of rapid aid that the ubiquitous existence of Google brought to those working in a wide swath of fields. Instead of having printed and limited reference materials available, we suddenly had a MASSIVE trove of information available with amazing indexing and search capabilities. This allowed for more rapid development, creativity, and answers to esoteric questions we would have spent massive amounts of time working through individually. LLMs are bringing the same thing, at a much different level, to the playing field. LLMs aren't perfect (and neither was what we had before) but it accelerates our ability to deliver in a way that many technological innovations have before us. They will NOT replace us, at least not for the foreseeable future; however, the incremental shift on access to information, closer-to-done status, and creative inspiration (developers, administrators, writers, and artists alike) will cause a massive shift in how we work day to day.