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When an author writes things like:

"But some of them forgot that 1 could be a factor of 108"

I struggle to take them seriously. The anthropomorphization of AI into something that can "know" or "forget" is ridiculous and shows a serious lack of caution and thinking when working with them.

Likewise it leads people into wasting time on "prompt engineering" exercises that produce overfit and worthless solutions to trivial problems because it makes them feel like they're revealing "hidden knowledge."

Genuinely disappointing use of human time and of commercial electricity.

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