alt Hacker NewsBecause carefully spec-ing to the level an llm needs, and ultra carefully checking the output is easily slower and more tiring than just doing it yourself.
Kinda like having a child "help" you cook basically.
But for the child you do it because they actually learn. llms do not learn in that sense.
not at all true for the latest generation of models in my experience. they are overly verbose but except for the simplest simplest changes it is faster to ask first