Comment by hn_throwaway_99

I mostly agree with you - I find LLMs to be very useful in my work, even when I need to verify the output.

But two things I'd highlight:

1. You say you work "in the robotics field", so I'm guessing you work mainly amongst scientists and engineers, i.e. the people who are most specifically trained how to evaluate data.

2. LLMs are not being marketed as this kind of "useful tool but where you need to separately verify the output". Heck, it feels like half the AI (cultish, IMO) community is crowing about how these LLMs are just a step away from AGI.

Point being, I can still find LLMs to be a very useful tool for me personally while still thinking they are being vastly (and dangerously) over hyped.