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by nlawalker 2 hours ago
It’s #3, it’s a disclaimer, you’re helpful if it’s right and not to blame if it’s wrong.

When I see it, it always makes me want to respond “weird, I asked Claude too and it said <different answer>”.

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I don't see like that, for me it's like: here's an approximate answer. Is that sufficient or do you need a 100% accurate number? I can get this info for you, but I will have to stop everything I'm doing right now to figure it out or do it after I'm done with other priorities.

Sometimes the person asking just needs an estimate, a ballpark number. It doesn't really make a difference if 17 or 18 support requests were received.

That’s important to know too though. Most people are still figuring out this new world and knowing where it breaks it pretty critical right now.
#3 just means the person is going to stop asking you when they realize that:

a. You bring no expertise beyond asking an LLm for the answer. b. They can just do that themselves.

If someone is asking you something and you tell them "this is what the LLM said" you're doing it wrong. If they are asking you they assume you possess some kind of acumen you can use to do better than they can blindly following an LLM and if you can't, well, why are you even involved in this interaction?