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LLMs are useful if you use them properly and they are getting better everyday. Arguing against LLMs is like arguing against a shovel. Just use it right.
by book_mike 1y ago
LLMs are useful if you use them properly and they are getting better everyday. Arguing against LLMs is like arguing against a shovel. Just use it right.
- soperj 1y agoI haven't noticed them getting any better in the last year.
- simonw 1y agoYou absolutely have not been paying attention then. The difference in quality between September 2025 LLMs (GPT-5, Claude 4/4.5) and September 2024 (we were still on GPT-4o) is huge. For one thing, last year's LLMs were nowhere near winning gold on collegiate math and programming competitions. That's because the "reasoning" thing hadn't kicked off yet - the first model to demonstrate that trick was o1 in ... OK that was September 12th 2024 so it just makes it to a year old now.
- lm28469 1y agoThat's the theory, if the vast majority of people use it wrong the problem is the tool, not the user.
- gipp 1y agoA lot of arguing "against LLMs" is not arguing "shovels aren't useful," it's arguing "maybe shovels aren't actually going to replace all human labor, and sinking so much capital into it we're starting to conceptualize it in terms of 'percent of global GDP' might not be such a great idea."