Comment by hirvi74
5 days ago
I'm already lazy and getting progressively stupider over time, so LLMs can't make me any worse.
I also think it's a matter of how one uses them. I do not use any of the LLMs via their direct APIs. I do not want LLMs in any of my editors. So, when I go to ask questions in with web app, it takes a bit more friction. I'm honestly an average at best programmer, and I do not really need LLMs for much. I mainly use LLMs to just ask trivial questions that I could have googled. However, LLMs are not rife with SEO ads and click-bait articles (yet).
They work SO much better in agentic mode where they can use "tools" and access the files directly - even if you limit them to read only.