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Re:Ask HN: What is one simple thing LLMs are insanely bad at? by Swankivo on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @03:27AM (#49445222)
I'm working on generating slides with our own model, and one thing general LLMs can't do is leave empty space.

Whitespace is the core of design that actually feels good, but they keep trying to add "distinctive design elements," and you end up with that AI-flavored excess everywhere.

They only know how to add. What LLMs seem unusually bad at is taking things away.

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Re:Ask HN: What is one simple thing LLMs are insanely bad at? by lanstin on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @10:22AM (#49449769)
LOL: from the RFCs: β€œIn protocol design, perfection has been reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” (from https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1925/ )
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