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The two worlds of programming: why developers who make the same observations about LLMs come to opposite conclusions (www.baldurbjarnason.com)
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/52842255

Have been working my way through this author's essays, thought this one was a unique observation.

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[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

The problem is the return on investment. LLMs are incredibly resource intensive at current scale. Sure you get to skip some boring tedious work that LLMs are good at but you use up a massive amount of resources just to get there.