Comment by dismalaf

Fun article, although I'd say I'm maybe slightly more on the skeptical side.

I've found LLMs can't really write a whole program there isn't already a template for. They're good enough at writing individual functions, and as the author mentioned, their breadth of knowledge is better than any individual.

Honestly, I see them as a supercharged version of googling, without all the out of context answers you get from Google since they also place ads and whatnot. I find an LLM can get me an answer far quicker than a regular internet search, even if it's imperfect and I'm probably not going to put it straight into my code.