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derektanklast Sunday at 5:05 PM1 replyview on HN

There are a lot of skills which I haven't developed because I rely on external machines to handle it for me; memorization, fire-starting, navigation. On net, my life is better for it. LLMs may or may not be as effective at replacing code development as books have been at replacing memorization and GPS has been at replacing navigation, but eventually some tool will be and I don't think I'll be worse off for developing other skills.


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d_silinlast Sunday at 5:25 PM

GPS is particularly good analog... Lose it for any reason and suddenly you are helpless without backup navigation aids. But compass, paper map, watch and sextant will still work!