Stop Telling Me to Ask an LLM
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Stop Telling Me to Ask an LLM
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Re: Stop Telling Me to Ask an LLM
#2What was the question?
Re: Stop Telling Me to Ask an LLM
#3One of the ways not to get LMGTFY / Ask Claude as a response is to provide more information and proof of work when asking a question.
Compare:
— What's the best way of doing X?
— Ask Claude.
vs:
— I thought about this and found there are options A, B, and C of doing X, I like A more but C is the fastest; what do you think?
I believe a normal senior engineer won't suggest to talk to Claude in this case.
Re: Stop Telling Me to Ask an LLM
#4It's just the new "I don't know, Google it?"
Re: Stop Telling Me to Ask an LLM
#5One of the ways not to get LMGTFY / Ask Claude as a response is to provide more information and proof of work when asking a question. Compare: — What's the best way of doing X? — Ask Claude. vs: — I thought about this and found there are options A, B, and C of doing X, I like A more but C is the fastest; what do you think? I believe a normal senior engineer won't suggest to talk to Claude in this case.
— I thought about this and found there are options A, B, and C of doing X, I like A more but C is the fastest; what do you think?
— Ask Claude.
Re: Stop Telling Me to Ask an LLM
#6One of the ways not to get LMGTFY / Ask Claude as a response is to provide more information and proof of work when asking a question. Compare: — What's the best way of doing X? — Ask Claude. vs: — I thought about this and found there are options A, B, and C of doing X, I like A more but C is the fastest; what do you think? I believe a normal senior engineer won't suggest to talk to Claude in this case.
Yes, the importance of asking a question to demonstrate you've invested effort cannot be overstated.
Without knowing what/how they asked, it's difficult but I would be tempted to suspect this was actually a way to say "please stop asking me questions"
Re: Stop Telling Me to Ask an LLM
#7One of the ways not to get LMGTFY / Ask Claude as a response is to provide more information and proof of work when asking a question. Compare: — What's the best way of doing X? — Ask Claude. vs: — I thought about this and found there are options A, B, and C of doing X, I like A more but C is the fastest; what do you think? I believe a normal senior engineer won't suggest to talk to Claude in this case.
Anyone who recommends to ask an LLM in the first situation will do so in the second because they're a shit engineer.
"Ask the LLM" is not at all a valid answer in a professional context where part of your job is to educate the less experienced, no matter how little effort is put in the question.
Re: Stop Telling Me to Ask an LLM
#8One of the ways not to get LMGTFY / Ask Claude as a response is to provide more information and proof of work when asking a question. Compare: — What's the best way of doing X? — Ask Claude. vs: — I thought about this and found there are options A, B, and C of doing X, I like A more but C is the fastest; what do you think? I believe a normal senior engineer won't suggest to talk to Claude in this case.
Anyone who recommends to ask an LLM in the first situation will do so in the second because they're a shit engineer. "Ask the LLM" is not at all a valid answer in a professional context where part of your job is to educate the less experienced, no matter how little effort is put in the question.
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Re: Stop Telling Me to Ask an LLM
#9What was the question?
Ask an LLM.
Re: Stop Telling Me to Ask an LLM
#10One of the ways not to get LMGTFY / Ask Claude as a response is to provide more information and proof of work when asking a question. Compare: — What's the best way of doing X? — Ask Claude. vs: — I thought about this and found there are options A, B, and C of doing X, I like A more but C is the fastest; what do you think? I believe a normal senior engineer won't suggest to talk to Claude in this case.
I lost track how many times I heard or read "I asked Claude to do X. It seems to work".