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The author of that article admits that the sample size is not large enough to draw meaningful conclusions.

Hey, you brought it up - I just pulled the thread. Not my fault it cuts against your argument.

But besides that, I believe LLM code generators can be a useful tool, provided you are willing to go over their output with a fine-tooth comb and assume it is broken until you have proven otherwise,

So, exactly like a junior dev?

going to completely solve it, and are willing to overlook the myriad ethical issues with all major LLMs in existence today.

That’s a different claim than the one you opened with though. Most of those objections have documented counter-arguments, btw:

blog.andymasley.com/…/a-cheat-sheet-for-conversat…

…substack.com/…/why-anthropic-burned-the-books

Data centres were polluting long before LLMs arrived. Crypto, cloud storage, Netflix, YouTube, AWS - AI isn’t all data centre load. Blaming the latter for the former is like blaming sunscreen for melanoma.

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The author of that article admits that the sample size is not large enough to draw meaningful conclusions.

Hey, you brought it up - I just pulled the thread. Not my fault it cuts against your argument.

But besides that, I believe LLM code generators can be a useful tool, provided you are willing to go over their output with a fine-tooth comb and assume it is broken until you have proven otherwise,

So, exactly like a junior dev?

going to completely solve it, and are willing to overlook the myriad ethical issues with all major LLMs in existence today.

That’s a different claim than the one you opened with though. Most of those objections have documented counter-arguments, btw:

blog.andymasley.com/…/a-cheat-sheet-for-conversat…

…substack.com/…/why-anthropic-burned-the-books

Data centres were polluting the environment long before LLMs arrived. Crypto, cloud storage, Netflix, YouTube, AWS… AI =! all data centres.

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The author of that article admits that the sample size is not large enough to draw meaningful conclusions.

Hey, you brought it up - I just pulled the thread. Not my fault it cuts against your argument.

But besides that, I believe LLM code generators can be a useful tool, provided you are willing to go over their output with a fine-tooth comb and assume it is broken until you have proven otherwise,

So, exactly like a junior dev?

going to completely solve it, and are willing to overlook the myriad ethical issues with all major LLMs in existence today.

That’s a different claim than the one you opened with though. Most of those objections have documented counter-arguments, btw:

blog.andymasley.com/…/a-cheat-sheet-for-conversat…

…substack.com/…/why-anthropic-burned-the-books

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The author of that article admits that the sample size is not large enough to draw meaningful conclusions.

Hey, you brought it up - I just pulled the thread. Not my fault it cuts against your argument.

But besides that, I believe LLM code generators can be a useful tool, provided you are willing to go over their output with a fine-tooth comb and assume it is broken until you have proven otherwise,

So, exactly like a junior dev?

going to completely solve it, and are willing to overlook the myriad ethical issues with all major LLMs in existence today.

That’s a different claim than the one you opened with though. Most of those objections have documented counter-arguments, btw:

blog.andymasley.com/…/a-cheat-sheet-for-conversat…

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The author of that article admits that the sample size is not large enough to draw meaningful conclusions.

Hey, you brought it up - I just pulled the thread. Not my fault it cuts against your argument.

But besides that, I believe LLM code generators can be a useful tool, provided you are willing to go over their output with a fine-tooth comb and assume it is broken until you have proven otherwise,

So, exactly like a junior dev?

going to completely solve it, and are willing to overlook the myriad ethical issues with all major LLMs in existence today.

That’s a different claim than the one you opened with. Most of those objections have documented counter-arguments, btw:

blog.andymasley.com/…/a-cheat-sheet-for-conversat…