My take is that if you expect current LLMs to be some near perfect, near-AGI models, then you're going to be sorely disappointed.
If that disappoints you to such a degree that you simply won't use them, you might find yourself in a position some years ahead - could be 1...could be 2...could be 5...could be 10 - who knows, but when the time comes, you might just be outdated and replaced yourself.
When you closely follow the incremental improvements of tech, you don't really fall for the same hype hysteria. If you on the other hand only look into it when big breakthroughs are made, you'll get caught in the hype and FOMO.
And even if you don't want to explicitly use the tools, at least try to keep some surface-level attention to the progress and improvements.
I honestly believe that there are many, many senior engineers / scientists out there that currently just scoff at these models, and view them as some sort of toy tech that is completely overblown and overhyped. They simply refuse to use the tools. They'll point to some specific time a LLM didn't deliver, roll their eyes, and call it useless.
Then when these tools progress, and finally meet their standards, they will panic and scramble to get into the loop. Meanwhile their non-tech bosses and executives will see the tech as some magic that can be used to reduce headcount.
If that disappoints you to such a degree that you simply won't use them, you might find yourself in a position some years ahead - could be 1...could be 2...could be 5...could be 10 - who knows, but when the time comes, you might just be outdated and replaced yourself.
When you closely follow the incremental improvements of tech, you don't really fall for the same hype hysteria. If you on the other hand only look into it when big breakthroughs are made, you'll get caught in the hype and FOMO.
And even if you don't want to explicitly use the tools, at least try to keep some surface-level attention to the progress and improvements.
I honestly believe that there are many, many senior engineers / scientists out there that currently just scoff at these models, and view them as some sort of toy tech that is completely overblown and overhyped. They simply refuse to use the tools. They'll point to some specific time a LLM didn't deliver, roll their eyes, and call it useless.
Then when these tools progress, and finally meet their standards, they will panic and scramble to get into the loop. Meanwhile their non-tech bosses and executives will see the tech as some magic that can be used to reduce headcount.