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0 pointsMattSayar11mo ago0 comments

Can you talk about assembly without the internet?

I fully understand your point and even agree with it to an extent. LLMs are just another layer of abstraction, like C is an abstraction for asm is an abstraction for binary is an abstraction for transistors... we all stand on the shoulders of giants. We write code to accomplish a task, not the other way around.

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hooverd11mo ago

I think friction is important to learning and expertise. LLMs are great tools if you view them as compression. I think calculators are a good example, people like to bring those up as a gotcha, but an alarming amount of people are now innumerate on basic receipt math or comprehending orders of magnitude.

MattSayarOP11mo ago

It is absolutely essential that we still have experts who know the details. LLMs are just the tide that lifts all ships.

bluefirebrand11mo ago

> Can you talk about assembly without the internet?

Yes.

Can you not?

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