LLMs are now good enough to be better than all but the experts in any given domain.
- LLMs are now good enough to be better than all but the experts in any given domain.
- Which produces a problem: how can you judge if its answer is good in a given domain if you aren't an expert?
- Does that mean you should just not use them for any domain you aren't an expert in?
- Of course not!
- One of LLMs' superpowers is they are able to help you approximately navigate domains you aren't an expert in.[aov]
- If you had a willing conversation partner who was significantly smarter than you and better read but every so often was wrong, would you not talk with them?
- Of course not!
- Having a cognitive partner who is stronger than you in given topics to dance with is useful.
- LLMs are pretty good at most topics--likely better than you at many things.