alt Hacker NewsAnd you're gonna review that voluminous academic literature in a field you're not familiar with, right?...
That is my point: an LLM can be great if you know the field and can spot errors. Or, to a lesser extent, if you have some automatic feedback loop that the model can't easily game ("does this code pass unit tests?"). It's a lot less great if there's a risk that you won't detect the early drift.
Sifting through information to separate truth from fiction is a modern, experience-based skill that I’ve developed YES.
However, your perspective on how LLMs are used might be too narrow. While no one is suggesting using an AI to find a one-shot cure for Alzheimer's, LLMs are incredibly effective tools when paired with textbooks to master subjects like undergraduate physics.