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andrew_lettuce parent
Which is the Hallmark of a great teammate, but then we won't need them anymore

handfuloflight
But who has truly stress tested their teammates to see how much level of question bombardment they're willing to take? You really haven't, since they can't just generate tokens at the rate and consistency of an LLM.
bluefirebrand
It would be absolutely asinine to bombard your teammates like this and it would be a massive sign that you're not cut out for the work if you had to
handfuloflight
I wasn't suggesting we literally bombard teammates.

The whole point is that with LLMs, you can explore ideas as deeply as you want without tiring them out or burning social capital. You're conflating this with poor judgment about what to ask humans and when.

Taking 'bombard' literally is itself pretty asinine when the real point is about using AI to get thoroughly informed before human collaboration.

And if using AI to explore questions deeply is a sign you're 'not cut out for the work,' then you're essentially requiring omniscience, because no one knows everything about every domain, especially as they constantly evolve.

bluefirebrand
My point was that

> You really haven't, since they can't just generate tokens at the rate and consistency of an LLM

Is wrong. It's not because they can't generate tokens at the rate and consistency of an LLM

It's because trying to offload your work onto your coworkers this way would make you a huge jerk

handfuloflight
Exactly. You're literally making my point while trying to argue against me.

Whether it's because humans can't handle the pace or because it would make you a jerk to try: either way, you just agreed that humans can't/shouldn't handle unlimited questioning. That's precisely why LLMs are valuable for deep exploratory thinking, so when we engage teammates, we're bringing higher-quality, focused questions instead of raw exploration.

And you're also missing that even IF someone were patient enough to take every question you brought them, they still couldn't keep up with the pace and consistency of an LLM. My original point was about what teammates are 'willing to take', which naturally includes both courtesy limits AND capability limits.

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