Also, I was wondering why posts that don't start with 'Ask HN' still show up in the Ask section? Just asking out of curiosity, since I'm a newbie here.
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I think it really depends on the person and your existing workflow. For me personally, I find LLMs to be a great pair-programming partner that helps me stay focused even on mundane tasks. When it comes to truly difficult problems, their input can definitely get annoying sometimes, but at the very least, they can be delegated to do massive amounts of verification work. It's an easy way to get a wealth of empirical data to back up my decisions.
I think it's simply because we haven't found a better algorithm than backpropagation. We're stuck relying on massive datasets, running the numbers over and over, and working backward from errors to figure out how to fine-tune trillions of 'knobs.' Then, we have to do this at least once for every single token across the entire internet. Any tiny bit of computation, when multiplied by a base that massive, inevitably skyrockets into astronomical numbers.
Ideally, a business.
I don't even realize mermaid has a paid plan, thx for pointing that.