Science fiction writer John Scalzi: It's easier to write than it is to let a Large Language Model barf something out and

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5. I'll second this ...

Except changing it to "write code" ... the software that AI spews out is really impressive. And I don't mean that as a compliment. I've spent way too much time giving it a chance to be useful only to find it's fundamentally crap.

On the other hand, it can be useful and fast when trying to remember the name of that obscure function to call in the API library you know exists but don't use everyday. Still the your response should always be to go read the original documentation and make sure you understand what's going on and not delegate thinking to the idiot AI engine.

AI has its place. It's just not the place it's in now.