this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2026
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Good summary.
I also find that LLMs are mostly good at the parts of my job that i enjoy or that are too important to entrust to something that is right 80% of the time.
Tech boosters suggest using LLMs to draft emails. My job involves explaining mathematical ideas to (well educated) people who have less math training than i have. That part of the job is fun and challenging - why would i outsource a task that i like doing and am good at? “Everyday” emails are not important enough to stress about - i can dash them off as fast as i can write a prompt.
The first time i used a computer instead of a typewriter to compose something, i knew that the world had changed. all that AI has changed is that i now doubt every article and picture i see.