LLMs as mirrors

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Wow:

In my view, LLMs are essentially mirrors. They mirror the skill of the operator.

The article goes on to argue that using AI (correctly) is also a matter of skill.

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            LLMs are mirrors of operator skill
            This is a follow-up from my previous blog post: “deliberate intentional practice”. I didn’t want to get into the distinction between skilled and unskilled because people take offence to it, but AI is a matter of skill. Someone can be highly experienced as a software engineer in 2024, but that
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