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Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 day agoI have yet to see a field where LLMs are a net positive. At best scammers can dupe people easier and faster than ever but between writing, programming, etc the avg productivity gain is typically negligible at best to achieve work of similar quality with or without LLMs.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
It is useful in some specific fields like protein folding:
www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03819-2
The problem is people think it can replace people which is wrong, it is a tool and should be used as such not as a replacement.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Those aren’t LLMs.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 hours ago
Oh your right my mistake. I guess unit testing and debugging are useful. I did use copilot to find a missing slash. Also useful for revising email and paragraphs, of course you have to review it. It also should never be used for scientific research and journalism.