How Agentic LLMs ~Almost~ Destroyed My Academic Career

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 02:54:45 +0530

“With great power comes great responsibility.”
Voltaire (and also every Spider-Man movie ever)

There’s this video of Chad Smith, the drummer from Red Hot Chili Peppers. He’s hearing a song for the first time, no prep, no notes, no second take. And yet somehow, he just gets it. He catches the groove like it’s muscle memory, then makes the whole thing sound better.That’s the magic of practice. Not the kind where you count hours, but the kind where you repeat something so many times it becomes your second nature, your reflex. Whether it’s drumming, coding, or explaining your PhD topic to your relatives without crying, the idea’s the same: do it till it’s boring, and then keep doing it till it’s beautiful.

Ai on Anachronistic Monk

How Agentic LLMs ~Almost~ Destroyed My Academic Career