Stop Telling Me to Just Ask the LLM
theorchid · hn · 2026-07-12
This article reflects on the increasingly common advice to simply "ask an LLM" whenever a problem arises. The author argues that this mindset often excessively outsources tasks—which should typically require human judgment, fact-checking, or communication—to AI models. Ultimately, the piece explores the shifting dynamics of human-AI collaboration, knowledge acquisition, and our thinking habits in the AI era.
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