- General purpose LLMs are starting to replace everyday queries I used to posit to Google. Perplexity can be quite good for this.
- Copilot as enhanced autocomplete when writing code. A particularly good use-case is writing tests: with a few test cases already written, a sufficiently good test name will most often generate a well-written test case.
- LLMs for lazy generation of SQL queries can sometimes be quite nice.
- Writing assistance for things I find myself struggling to get written by myself. A writing unblocking tool, if you will.
It's reducing the effort and time I have to put into some things, and I appreciate that. It's far from perfect, but it doesn't have to be perfect to be useful.
I think they can have their place, and that place is quick and cheap installation to test out the effects of installing bicycle infrastructure.
Long-term, they should naturally be replaced with alternatives that properly protect their users from the threat that motorists pose.