LLMs reward expertise

Re:LLMs reward expertise by sidrag22 on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @12:20PM (#49171049)

for a lot of lower barrier to entry tinkering, for years i felt it was mostly just google a thing and follow directions. Feel like the only thing that really changed is the initial query can be a mess of kinda nonsense and still give you those nice directions, and you can instantly get clarity on a single direction if you get stuck.

So the barrier is still kinda there to just grab the instructions and follow them, its just incredibly easier to follow them.

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Re:LLMs reward expertise by tripzilch on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @04:16AM (#49179975)

> only thing that really changed is the initial query can be a mess of kinda nonsense

Little known fact maybe, but Google (also YouTube) search has been pretty great at this well before LLMs got really popular. I think it already started when they were changing from "keyword search" to "ask us a question search" but I'm not sure.

At some point I figured, if they want me to type a whole question, I might get even better answers if I ask the question like I was a complete idiot.

> https://www.google.com/search?q=pls+how+to+make+the+steam+pl...

> https://www.google.com/search?q=i+wnt+terminal+to+say+where+...

I don't think it actually gives better answers but it sure makes me grin every time

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