Agree with this. LLMs are something akin to highly personalized interactive Wikipedia. It can get you 80% up-to-speed on a topic quickly but mastery takes lots of time.
However there is a feedback loop involved: that is, the LLM gets you "off zero" which sets you on the road to master a subject.
Case in point, over the last 3 months I've designed my first PCB with Kicad. I did this literally by pasting back and forth screenshots into perplexity asking complete newbie questions like "is this correct way to place pull up resistors for I2C here..."
I AM NOT a master by any stretch of imagination, but without LLMs its doubtful I would've even attempted it as the entire learning curve both of learning new software + electronic design was all just a road too far for me to see any benefit from. LLMs close that gap....
Agree with this. LLMs are something akin to highly personalized interactive Wikipedia. It can get you 80% up-to-speed on a topic quickly but mastery takes lots of time.
However there is a feedback loop involved: that is, the LLM gets you "off zero" which sets you on the road to master a subject.
Case in point, over the last 3 months I've designed my first PCB with Kicad. I did this literally by pasting back and forth screenshots into perplexity asking complete newbie questions like "is this correct way to place pull up resistors for I2C here..."
I AM NOT a master by any stretch of imagination, but without LLMs its doubtful I would've even attempted it as the entire learning curve both of learning new software + electronic design was all just a road too far for me to see any benefit from. LLMs close that gap....