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lurqueryesterday at 11:14 PM0 repliesview on HN

Indeed. Wholeheartedly agree.

Just as it’s on you to pick the word you want when using Roger’s Thesaurus.

My workflow, when using it for writing, is different than when coding.

When coding, I want an answer that works and is robust.

When writing, I want options.

You pick and choose, run it through again, perhaps use different models, have one agent critique the output of another agent, etc.

This iterative process is much different than asking an LLM to ‘write an article about [insert topic)’ and hope for the best.

In any case, I’ve found the LLMs when properly used greatly benefit prose and knee-jerk comments about how all LLM prose sound the same are a bit outdated… (understandable as few authors are out there admitting they are using AI… there’s a stigma about it. But, trust me, there are some beautiful soulful pieces of prose out there that came out of a properly used LLM… it’s just that the authors aren’t about to admit it.)