Comment by neebz
12 hours ago
This is like pre-LLM, you presenting a problem to the team, and they google and send you the top few links thinking they have found the solution and have done their job.
I actually banned this and made it part of onboarding.
I can google too. You need to read yourself, ground the solution to our setting and then propose a plan.
Here's my plan: <proceeds to pasted well-formatted output straight out of ChatGPT>
It's gotten to a point where if I see valid `code` in responses I assume it's AI junk output and I scold the commenter.
Just FYI, scolding people causes them to resent you. Take great care when giving negative feedback. Courtesy costs you very little and gains a lot.
This doesn't mean that you can't give negative feedback. But, I tend to make suggestions/requests rather than calling someone out.
If you're a manager, part of the job is telling someone that they aren't meeting standard, and that's how I would phrase it. Tell them what the expectation is and ask them to work on meeting it.
Scolding, calling out, or even yelling at people should be consigned to the past. It's unnecessary and counterproductive.
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