[simonw]

"There is no up-skilling needed to use LLMs. They are very basic to use."

Hard disagree on that. Using LLMs effectively is deceptively deep. Sure, anyone can throw a prompt at a chatbot - but I've been using them on an almost daily basis for over two years at this point and I still feel like I'm finding out new ways to improve my prompting several times a week.

I talked more about how hard they are to use here: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jun/27/ai-worlds-fair/#slide....

"Many of us have used them for a while now and can speak from experience that they aren't providing a meaningful productivity boost."

I'm getting a meaningful productivity boost, which gets more meaningful the more time I spend learning how best to apply them.