LLMs are useful tools when used wisely, not poorly

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-07-19 02:17

George Neville-Neil, writing for ACM Queue, critiques the current corporate enthusiasm surrounding large language models (LLMs). He emphasizes that understanding the functionality and construction of code is more crucial than whether an LLM or a human generated it. Neville-Neil suggests that LLMs are valuable tools when applied judiciously, cautioning against their misuse. AI

IMPACT LLMs are valuable tools when applied judiciously, not poorly.

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LLMs are useful tools when used wisely, not poorly

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"Whether we ask an LLM or a recent graduate to type the code is less important than knowing what the code does, how it was built, and when to look under the hoo

"Whether we ask an LLM or a recent graduate to type the code is less important than knowing what the code does, how it was built, and when to look under the hood." ACM Queue's George Neville-Neil sifts through the current corporate-fueled llm hype, and extracts a few pearls of wi…

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"Whether we ask an LLM or a recent graduate to type the code is less important than knowing what the code does, how it was built, and when to look under the hoo

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