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by eitland 263 days ago
> The thing that this comment misses, imo, is that LLMs are not always enabling people who previously couldn't create value to create value. In fact i think they are likely to cause some people who created value previously to create even less value!

Agree.

For some time I’ve compared AI to a nail gun:

It can make an experienced builder much quicker at certain jobs.

But for someone new to the trade, I’m not convinced it makes them faster at all. It might remove some of the drudgery, yes — but it also adds a very real chance of shooting oneself in the foot (or hand).