The fact that some people get genuine value from LLMs when learning doesn’t contradict the fact that they’re Dunning-Krueger “expertise” generators. The fact that the person learning from them is in charge of ensuring they aren’t full of shit, which they frequently are, is an inescapable flaw in this process. I honestly think that reduces the value of these things to just above what you can find out with a search engine with most topics. Hey, great. An improvement is an improvement right? Is it an improvement worth trillions of dollars and screwing over writers and artists worldwide? Fuck no.
Sounds about right.
Tangentially, but related: I'm old enough to remember when the spirit of your comment was pervasive on HN.