Oddbean new post about login | logout @43b5df12 @0683504d Right: if someone tells you "LLMs are easy! They'll give you a huge productivity boost right out of the gate" then that person is misleading you My message is "LLMs are surprisingly difficult to use. I have managed to get enormous productivity boosts after investing a lot of effort in learning how to use them effectively."
@4ebb1885 @0683504d the large investment path isn’t as terrifying as having to sidestep problems. I want to focus on the fact that it introduces problems that require deep expertise to side-step. That’s daunting. Folks get incredible productivity gains from the pomodoro method and don’t have to stidestep subtle, difficult-to-even-identify problems.
@43b5df12 @0683504d I'm increasingly seeing evidence that convinces me that it helps, rather than hurts, new programmers - some notes on that here: https://simonwillison.net/2023/Sep/29/llms-podcast/#does-it-help-or-hurt-new-programmers