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[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A lot of the "I'm a senior engineer and it's useful" people seem to just assume that they're just so fucking good that they'll obviously know when the machine lies to them so it's fine. Which is one, hubris, two, why the fuck are you even using it then if you already have to be omniscient to verify the output??

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 6 points 3 days ago

"If you don't know the subject, you can't tell if the summary is good" is a basic lesson that so many people refuse to learn.