The point that there’s effort involved in verification is an important one and definitely part of any thorough inventory of liabilities and advantages of LLMs.

The point that there’s effort involved in verification is an important one and definitely part of any thorough inventory of liabilities and advantages of LLMs. I am less convinced this means it’s always a wash (or worse). Sometimes it’s good to have something to start with. “You can’t edit a blank page” is a truism among fiction and non-fiction writers of all stripes for a reason. Of course, the quality of what you start with matters, and it matters more the less of an evaluatory mindset you come to your tools with. I know at least some earlier adopters have that mindset, but perhaps I’m too optimistic about how it generalizes.