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2026-02-08 07:17 UTC

Haven't blogged in ages and this needs to get out of my system (and my drafts folder)… https://finestructure.co/blog/2026/2/6/thoughts-on-llms

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  • @mattesmohr@mastodon.social 2026-02-08 08:35

    @finestructure@mastodon.social You put it into words, what I couldn’t! Thanks! Also I thought I was alone with this feeling of »The fact that an easier way exists drains me of motivation to walk my own path.«, but it seems I am not and gives me some comfort.

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  • @jzilske@mastodon.social 2026-02-08 12:03

    @finestructure@mastodon.social thanks, this is almost exactly how I feel.

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  • @mattiem@mastodon.social 2026-02-08 12:11

    @finestructure@mastodon.social very good

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  • @jacubit@mastodon.social 2026-02-08 13:22

    @finestructure@mastodon.social thanks for sharing your thoughts! Brave and honest write up 🙏

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  • @mpospese@mountains.social 2026-02-08 13:27

    @finestructure@mastodon.social very well put

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  • @stevex@mastodon.social 2026-02-08 13:44

    @finestructure@mastodon.social @stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social Google Translate is also trained on people's writing without consent but I haven't seen the same level of moral concern about that. And it's mostly eliminated the translation industry.

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  • @fmarini@mastodon.social 2026-02-08 17:52

    @finestructure@mastodon.social perfect 👌🏻

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  • @finestructure@mastodon.social finely put. I don’t feel any excitement for a technology that changes my role from coder to manager of LLM output. But then I don’t have deadlines anymore and am not tempted by any purported time savings, efficiencies.

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  • @matadan@mastodon.social 2026-02-09 10:22

    @finestructure@mastodon.social I’ve used a riff on Paul Newman’s quote about fidelity. If I like eating steak why would I pay a robot to eat it? My hobby projects are getting more extreme. Making a game engine using just metal or making my own language. That keeps the joy in it.

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  • @frankrausch@typo.social 2026-02-09 12:59

    @finestructure@mastodon.social Excellent! I agree with every single one of your points. And I will always appreciate a “pile of paragraphs” from the heart over soulless slop.

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  • @santiago_@mastodon.social 2026-02-09 18:24

    @finestructure@mastodon.social It’s wild to read something and feel like you perfectly put my feelings into well-crafted words. Thank you so much for this, it feels quite nice to know I’m not alone in feeling all this

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