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by marmaduke 637 days ago
Lots of things I think, lack of understanding, lack of motivation. Typical suspects. I think We look for easy solutions like using LLMs for instance (but not exclusively) doing busywork when we shouldn’t be doing the busywork in the first place. Busywork is just example, but in creative non-busywork it could also be the extensive, time intensive exploration required to advance. In jazz for instance spending hundreds if not thousands of hours on scales and arpeggios over the instrument is a non-negotiable expense to access fluidity.

So while I think LLMs are great fun and I don’t judge anyone using them, personally wanting to use one for a difficult problem is a flag that I should allow more time to think before going ahead.