Author responds to backlash over viral "LLMs are eroding my career" post
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Summary
The author responds to comments on their viral post about how LLMs are negatively impacting their career as a developer. They address concerns about using LLMs in high-stakes domains like finance (citing failures with local tax regulations), push back against criticisms, and engage with the broader debate about AI's role in software development and professional work. The post is a defensive and reflective follow-up to a controversial earlier piece.
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Hacker NewsAuthor responds to backlash over viral "LLMs are eroding my career" posthuman-in-the-loop.bearblog.devKey quotes
· 3 pulledI pilot LLMs all day but there's no way in hell I'd agree to be at the helm of a finance product.
LLMs routinely fail at our business specifics: Local tax regulations
I don't want to reply in HN/Reddit/Whatever to prevent endless thread depths that will consume my sanity.
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