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Build the thing right: LLMs are…

Build the thing right: LLMs are mediocre-but-useful tools

Build the right thing: LLMs are spectacularly bad, because they are so over-indexed on positive affirmation that they'll never tell you your idea is stupid, much less suggest a better one.


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