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Re:Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at a... by ryandrake on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @09:11AM (#43832117)
If it’s also returning links, wouldn’t it be faster and more authoritative to just go read the official links and skip the LLM slop entirely?
Re:Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at a... by blendergeek on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @09:22AM (#43832237)
No. The LLM in the story found the necessary links. In this case the LLM was a better search engine.
Re:Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at a... by krisoft on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @09:24AM (#43832263)
Sure. But often you don’t know how to find the information or what are the right technical terms for your problem.

In a more general sense sometimes, but not always, it is easier to verify something than to come up with it at the first place.