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Well, no. If I can get an LLM to write like Asimov, that's better than I will ever do, honest.


Yeah, for some of us, that is bad advice. The version I can most safely implement is, "Be your best self."


If you never used any particular tool, you probably wouldn't find it useful, right?

I asked Gemini about my unicycling this morning, and it coached me on weighting the seat; e.g., looking ahead instead of down helps unweight the pedals.


That's true. I've also never used a wheelchair, or a variety of other tools for people who can't walk, because I can walk without them. The same holds true for communication.


The title, for example, should likely be Nginx for Nerds, and that error was human, not AI, right?


So connecting with them on a call and cutting out the LLM was an error?


> So connecting with them on a call and cutting out the LLM was an error?

More like:

"So connecting with them was an error"

Which I think you understand, but are choosing to be facetious.


That's privacy.


When I can get an LLM to write like Isaac Asimov, I'll consider some artificial literary experiments; there were books I wanted him to have written that he did not get around to, quitting at 458.


Good for privacy and productivity.


Privacy in anonymous posts is a legitimate use.

"Productivity" is not. It's only good for fake productivity. The consumers of the product will almost always be better off with you disclosing what the LLM did, and what you did.


Really? How do they distinguish perfect copies from originals?


I'm quick-witted, outspoken, playful, clever, apparently intelligent; Mensa, Colloquy, like that; not quite clever enough for the triple 9 societies. Morning pages readily enough dispel the illusion. Or coding. I scanned six years of morning pages into a PDF and fed it to Claude to distill for me; apparently, I have several thoughts per year. Damn, I'd hoped for more. Asking Claude Code to critique my code is, ah, good coaching. Ouch.


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