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Quoting Timothy B. Lee

Simon Willison · Jun 26, 2026 · Industry Trends

Critic argues LLMs do have a learning curve, rebutting claims they take no skill to use.

“This is like saying there's no learning curve to being a manager because your employees will just do whatever you tell them to do.”

Timothy B. Lee pushed back on the notion that using LLMs requires no skill, comparing it to assuming management has no learning curve. It's a sharp analogy in the ongoing debate about AI fluency, but it's a single opinion tweet rather than a major industry signal.

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