alt Hacker News> The supposed productivity gains are a lie
This reads like a comment from 2025. LLMs are solving novel math problems and they successfully emulated a PS5, this week lol. You really need to update your priors. It's amazing how many people refuse to do this and make a fool of themselves in public
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omnicognate • today at 10:18 AM
LLMs are solving outstanding maths problems by trying a load of stuff until something works, which is exactly what they do in software. If you want a system built out of square blocks jammed into round holes they'll make you one in no time, but if you're working in an area where non-functional requirements actually matter (there are lots) the slopnami is a living nightmare.
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One doesn't invalidate the other. Yes LLMs have been very successful at solving math problems when guided by mathematicians who know what they're doing. The same is true for emulating a PS5 or (insert cool new project of the week developed with LLM).
On the other hand, when I use LLMs, I regularly see them confidently claim information confidently that is false. So, I'd say productivity gains are true but there's also a cost of wrong information being used to make decisions due to AI.