cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/52842255

Have been working my way through this author's essays, thought this one was a unique observation.

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[–] 2 points 2 months ago*

That's all correct and true

I was on a business trip, very sleep deprived and needed a fast solution

So, I guess, this was the tool for the job

Probably it got lucky, because with other things it just fucked up after that
So, my trust into it is nil
But for quick scripts, that would take me much longer to build, it's working

But I'm also usually using local models

I'm aware of their power and water consumption, and you're right in that

Edit: and besides the environmental impact, which I don't use them often or only locally, I'm still a tech guy and want to know, what they're actually capable of
Which still isn't much and I don't see LLMs getting better with more complexity

There are to many problems
We have programming languages for reason, because they're mathematically sound and not ambiguous
Human speech just isn't and that's already the point, why LLMs can never really work for that

But I was surprised, that it once came up with a solution to filter my log files and calculate some statistics out of it
And I have to give it that

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