this post was submitted on 07 May 2025
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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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But that's why I'm there.
I ask it for a query, then I go over it to confirm what it does and test it.
If you have no idea what you're doing, you're fucked with or without gpt. But if you do know what you're doing, GPT will save you time.
I don't understand how this is so controversial...
Personally, I've used llm tools more for interactive documentation, occasionally some base snippets for something I'm not familiar with, but found it doesn't do great for more complex stuff.
And yeah, you're right, people who know what they're doing they'll verify it, it's a concern I think when people just blindly run it without verifying, which 100% happens.