Stop Telling Me to Ask an LLM
Executive TL;DR:
- Experts are frustrated with being told to ask an LLM after researching
- Providing proof of work can help avoid LLM suggestions
- Subject matter experts are being lost due to reliance on LLMs
The Internet’s Verdict: 70% Hyped, 30% Skeptical
The Problem with LLMs
Many experts are tired of being told to ask an LLM when they have already done their research. As one expert notes,
The subtitle is: > I already did. They repeat multiple times in the article that asking Claude was something they already did.
Providing Proof of Work
One way to avoid being told to ask an LLM is to provide more information and proof of work when asking a question. For example,
Compare: — What’s the best way of doing X? — Ask Claude. vs: — I thought about this and found there are options A, B, and C of doing X, I like A more but C is the fastest; what do you think?
Another expert notes that
Maybe you need an answer from Hacker News – ask HN. By relying on LLMs more than these other sources and allowing LLMs to write articles and posts to these other sources, we lose subject matter experts.
The Loss of Subject Matter Experts
The reliance on LLMs is leading to a loss of subject matter experts. Companies are laying off experts and relying on LLMs to provide answers.
Focus Keyword: LLM Interaction
