We’re comparing both tools in different aspects. What you’re talking about is predictability (and accuracy); in these I agree a calculator is way better.
My point was about our reliance on tools, at the expense of deteriorating our own skills. Use calculators exclusively for long enough, and you’ll have a hard time with simple maths; rely too much on a kitchen scale, and you’ll lose the grasp on the right amounts of ingredients (or how to measure wheat flour without one); get used to an electric screwdriver and you’ll never know if you screwed it too little or too much. It may or may not matter, depending on someone’s profession, but I think some skills are worth kept alive and “un-rusty”, and I feel like the way I was using large models was rusting my skills.
We’re comparing both tools in different aspects. What you’re talking about is predictability (and accuracy); in these I agree a calculator is way better.
My point was about our reliance on tools, at the expense of deteriorating our own skills. Use calculators exclusively for long enough, and you’ll have a hard time with simple maths; rely too much on a kitchen scale, and you’ll lose the grasp on the right amounts of ingredients (or how to measure wheat flour without one); get used to an electric screwdriver and you’ll never know if you screwed it too little or too much. It may or may not matter, depending on someone’s profession, but I think some skills are worth kept alive and “un-rusty”, and I feel like the way I was using large models was rusting my skills.