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by fire_lake 445 days ago
If the future is not LLMs, then this is a waste of time.

If the future is only LLMs then we’re all cooked.

If the future is a hybrid, then those “grey beard” skills are a much higher barrier to entry than a few months tinkering with ChatGPT.

Please stop spreading FUD.
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vonneumannstan 445 days ago
Weight the three possibilities how you want but I think in scenario 3 you are coping hard and the grey beard skills aren't nearly as valuable as you think. Is this not already the case? Grey beards already have well known problems with age discrimination despite having such a unique and hard to earn skillset no?
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jaccola 445 days ago
LLMs are not difficult to use and learn though, if so called "greybeard" skills are valueless (or close to) then knowing how to use an LLM certainly won't be valuable either!

Just like in the 2000-2010's knowing how to effectively Google things (while undoubtedly a skill) wasn't what made someone economically valuable.

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vonneumannstan 445 days ago
>LLMs are not difficult to use and learn though, if so called "greybeard" skills are valueless (or close to) then knowing how to use an LLM certainly won't be valuable either!

I mean I challenge you to show you're as skilled at using LLMs as Janus or Pliny the Liberator.

https://x.com/repligate https://x.com/elder_plinius

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