[chickensong]

LLMs are the future because you have an amazing amount of information available with low friction, plus the ability to reason (sort of) about things. In some cases they might regurgitate, but they're also pretty good at synthesizing and comparing. None of this is perfect, but nothing else is either.

LLMs are a powerful tool like we've never had before. You don't expect a chainsaw to cut down a tree by itself and carve the wood into a statue or a new compiler. LLMs aren't mind-reading autonomous creators, they're more like a mech suit that can increase your capabilities. They have flaws, but until something better comes along, it sure seems like they're the future.