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> LLM overlords are making that much harder. LLMs can explain complex things to humans with tons of specific context that you don’t find in textbooks or even
by dmix 4mo ago
> LLM overlords are making that much harder.
LLMs can explain complex things to humans with tons of specific context that you don’t find in textbooks or even a google search.
It’s probably never been easier to grasp a large codebase than it is today for example. You can probe and ask specific questions without going through a maze of imports and relationships and config files yourself.
Learning things will always be up to the person, it’s still a choice and dedication to a craft can still be taught.
- Planktonne 4mo ago> LLMs can explain complex things to humans I keep meeting people who think this and have enormous understanding gaps in the topics they've had an LLM teach them. The absolute worst judge of how well someone understands a complex topic is the novice themselves.
- pitched 4mo agoThe difference now is that the learning is optional (more often but not always) to getting the task done. When gaining mastery is not a requirement to doing novice-level work, many fewer people will get there. It takes more dedication than it did before.