OK slight revision: LLMs are more useful for dilettantes, compared to polymaths. You can learn more specifics, without learning the basics.
Robin Hanson
Robin Hanson31.7.2025
The type of person that the current generation of LLMs seem to me to most benefit are: polymaths. They can now more easily learn the basics of many new fields. LLMs seem much less useful to folks focused on particular areas where they are already near the world frontier.
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