In the 1980s, economist Robert Solow made an observation that reminded economists of today’s AI boom: “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.”
The application you’re talking about might not be a bad one at all. Network configuration is a relatively narrow scope with very well-defined rules and protocols.
I feel that people often ask LLMs to do things that are far too broad in scope for them to have a lot of hope of doing a good job, but I think you might have found a solid one. Obviously you want to double check everything for sanity, but that’s not so hard to do either.
The application you’re talking about might not be a bad one at all. Network configuration is a relatively narrow scope with very well-defined rules and protocols.
I feel that people often ask LLMs to do things that are far too broad in scope for them to have a lot of hope of doing a good job, but I think you might have found a solid one. Obviously you want to double check everything for sanity, but that’s not so hard to do either.