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I think the problem is the same as with any technology: used correctly it adds value, used incorrectly it subtracts from it. LLMs can massively speed up a pro
by Cribalis 24d ago
I think the problem is the same as with any technology: used correctly it adds
value, used incorrectly it subtracts from it.
LLMs can massively speed up a process, but without control they can turn into
social "sources of truth." A research process has well-defined, well-founded
phases: you delimit the topic, search for sources, evaluate whether they're
suitable, review their content, and place them on the map of the subject. The
more sources, the greater the knowledge, and the better the final result —
mental, or in the form of a report — is built. For that you have to read, and
reread, and think, connect, relate, and conclude.
AI can do all of those steps faster than a human. But if we let it do the
entire job on its own, its own way, with no checks at each stage, the
conclusions can end up distorted. If we know what we want it to do and how we
want it done, and we put the mechanisms in place to enforce that, the result
is different — better, more reliable. It's worth remembering: it's just a
tool, nothing more.
The wording of this comment in English has been corrected with AI, I don't
have enough fluency to express myself clearly, but I do review the final
result. In this case it got the verb tenses wrong, I saw it clearly, but the
AI didn't understand it, it took me several instructions to explain it so it
would understand. It's a tool, without supervision it can lead to problems,
but it has expanded the world for a lot of people.