> I’m also surprised to see that even Terrence Tao seems to use it in a way that resembles, in progression, how I use llms in my area of expertise

I didn't understood anything about the thread, but reading Terrence's messages was weird because it looked exactly like the discussions I have with LLMs

I've mostly seen people trying to oneshot a result, while I'll quickly experienced that going through steps/discovery was more effective and more satisfying, since you can always steer it back in the right direction; while oneshotting is hit (and it kind feel like magic) or miss (and you'll have to rework your prompt).