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> Just send the bullet points! Nobody wants the prose. […] It’s bad enough when I have to read people waffling. Please don’t make me read LLM waffle. I use LLM

• seadan83 1y ago
  I think this is the author's point. The ability to write short and concisely is a skill. So goes the saying: "If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter." Using LLMs to do that shortening is potentially hindering that practice. The author's point I think is less about sending LLM waffle, it's a lot more that they can't send something that is indistinguishable from LLM waffle anyways due to skills issue - because the LLM is so often used instead of building that skill. I think the question is largely, can the LLM results be used for human learning and human training, or is it purely a shortcut for skills - in which case those skills never form or atrophy.
  • sshine 1y ago
    > the question is largely, can the LLM results be used for human learning and human training, or is it purely a shortcut for skills I agree. And I think everyone who uses them does a combination. The biggest danger lies with new learners who mistake immediate completion of a training task with having learned something. I will drive a stick-shift once a year, and automatic every other day. Surely my skill will atrophy, but the convenience is worth it.