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0 pointsfzeroracer5d ago0 comments

> An LLM absolutely shortens the research part of learning

No, it doesn't. Because in any scenario where you are using AI in a potentially appropriate manner, you are verifying every single source it spits out and cross referencing everything it says. If you do not do this you are failing the process entirely.

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wvenable5d ago· 2 in thread

If I ask my buddy for help, I don't cross reference everything he says either even though he could just as easily be wrong. A lot of what I'm talking about is every day stuff not nuclear physics.

LLMs are not even close to that unreliable.

fzeroracerOP5d ago

If I ask my buddy for help I'm not considering that part of research or learning I consider that leaning on their potential expertise. You're not learning shit on how to build a house just because you ask your friend to build one for you.

If we're talking about research as in actually attempting to learn and get to the heart of a matter then yes. You should be cross referencing everything.

wvenable5d ago

My point is if you ask your friend/LLM how to build a house and then build a house then you've learned how to build a house.

I've build a lot of "houses" recently that I wouldn't have attempted if I didn't have a friend/LLM to ask.

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