Not in my experience. Used properly an LLM is an immense accelerator. Every time this comes up on HN we get the same debate. There is the side that say LLMs a

Not in my experience. Used properly an LLM is an immense accelerator. Every time this comes up on HN we get the same debate. There is the side that say LLMs are time wasting toys, and the other which says they are transformative. You need to know how critically ask questions and critique answers to use a search engine effectively. The same is true for an LLM. Once you learn how to pose your questions and the correct level to ask your questions it is a massive accelerator.