This short post demonstrates the difference between having AI do something for you, and asking AI how to do that thing. Imagine wanting to remove all the social security numbers from a million documents a day. Using ChatGPT 5, that could cost $6 million a year, accoring to this article. But if you ask ChatGPT how to do it, you be supplied with a regular expression (regex) that can run in any old computer code for a fraction of the cost. "Starting now, you'll be able to make a career out of un-LLM-ifying applications," comments Tim O'Brien.
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