(EDIT: Upon rereading this, it feels unintentionally blunt. I'm not trying to argue, and I apologize if my tone is somewhat unfriendly—that's purely a reflection of the fact that I'm a bad writer!)
Sorry, maybe I should've been clearer in my response—I specifically disagree with the "college professor" comparison. That is to say, in the areas I've tried using them for, LLM's can't even help me solve simple problems, let alone gnarly ones. Which is why hearing about experiences like yours leaves me genuinely confused.
I do get your point about people disagreeing with modern AI for "political" reasons, but I think it's inaccurate to lump everyone into that bucket. I, for one, am not trying to make any broader political statements or anything—I just genuinely can't see how LLMs are as practically useful as other people claim, outside of specific use cases.
Sorry, maybe I should've been clearer in my response—I specifically disagree with the "college professor" comparison. That is to say, in the areas I've tried using them for, LLM's can't even help me solve simple problems, let alone gnarly ones. Which is why hearing about experiences like yours leaves me genuinely confused.
I do get your point about people disagreeing with modern AI for "political" reasons, but I think it's inaccurate to lump everyone into that bucket. I, for one, am not trying to make any broader political statements or anything—I just genuinely can't see how LLMs are as practically useful as other people claim, outside of specific use cases.