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0 pointsstavros5mo ago0 comments

Don't use LLMs for a task a human can't do, they won't do it well.

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wmf5mo ago

A human could easily come up with a base64 -d | jq oneliner.

stavrosOP5mo ago

So can the LLM, but that wasn't the task.

wmf5mo ago

I'm surprised AIs don't automatically decide when to use code. Maybe next year.

stavrosOP5mo ago

They do, it just depends on the tool you're using and the instruction you give it. Claude Code usually does.

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wmf5mo ago

A human could easily come up with a base64 -d | jq oneliner.

stavrosOP5mo ago

So can the LLM, but that wasn't the task.

wmf5mo ago

I'm surprised AIs don't automatically decide when to use code. Maybe next year.

stavrosOP5mo ago

They do, it just depends on the tool you're using and the instruction you give it. Claude Code usually does.

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