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Holy shit does this resonate!
I spend hours each week hand-holding, manipulating, and sometimes fighting with LLMs. We are encouraged to use them at work, but it's always a coin toss. Will it nail the task at hand on the first attempt? Or will it fall down a black hole of bad assumptions and getting stuck in stupid loops?
And it's not due to 'bad prompts' as the kool aid drinkers frequently claim. I've had enough practice with them now, and I've had others review them and give a thumbs up.
'Botsitting'... I like that. Very apt.
A digital slot machine.
Addictive by design.
And moreover, it makes you believe that it did the work, while in reality you do all the difficult stuff and on top take extra responsibility for it. Like self-checkout supermarket counters.
It makes you believe that it did the work, but also makes you feel like it's your fault if it doesn't do the work 😬