[iLoveOncall]

Anyone who recommends to ask an LLM in the first situation will do so in the second because they're a shit engineer.

"Ask the LLM" is not at all a valid answer in a professional context where part of your job is to educate the less experienced, no matter how little effort is put in the question.

[bluefirebrand]

Sometimes part of the education is teaching people how to ask better questions, and that they need to do their research before asking you

[robocat]

"How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" by Eric S. Raymond and Rick Moen is from before AI but still seems relevant.

(HTTP) http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/smart-questions.html

https://archive.ph/duRkf

[teddyh]

Latest version: <http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>

[iLoveOncall]

Yes, fully agree. "Ask an LLM" does not achieve that.