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Coding with LLMs in the summer of 2025 – an update

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600 points antirez | 1 comments | 20 Jul 25 11:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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quantumHazer ◴[20 Jul 25 13:42 UTC] No.44625120[source]▶
I'm going a little offtopic here, but I disagree with the OPs use of the term "PhD-level knowledge", although I have a huge amount of respect for antirez (beside that we are born in the same island).

This phrasing can be misleading and points to a broader misunderstanding about the nature of doctoral studies, which it has been influenced by the marketing and hype discourse surrounding AI labs.

The assertion that there is a defined "PhD-level knowledge" is pretty useless. The primary purpose of a PhD is not simply to acquire a vast amount of pre-existing knowledge, but rather to learn how to conduct research.

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1. pcrh ◴[21 Jul 25 10:30 UTC] No.44633598[source]▶
Quite. "PhD-level knowledge" is the introduction to one's PhD thesis. The point of doing a PhD is to extend knowledge beyond what is already known, i.e that which cannot be known by an LLM.