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		bluefirebrand 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI is going to hack Jira Yes. AI usage is a solution slot machine not a constantly improving process

cratermoon 4 months ago [–]

The slot machine is an excellent metaphor. Feeding the LLM prompts over and over, seeing incorrect results most of the time but once in a while hitting the correct response jackpot. Feeding the exact prompt again and getting a different result.

https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/

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