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  1. “Sometimes that just means not using the AI equivalent of a sledgehammer to crack a nut.”

    Nearly everything that LLMs do is equivalent to using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. It’s inherent to the technology. They should really only replace tasks where the use of human capital is also equivalent to using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

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