[apples_oranges]

It’s like walking vs taking bus or car. It’s nice to walk sometimes..

[falkensmaize]

I’d argue it’s more like driving yourself vs passively being driven everywhere. Remember that scene at the end of E.T.? Where Elliott and his brother steal the van, but they don’t know how to get to their destination because “I don’t know streets mom always drives!”. LLMs are mom always driving - you might recognize some landmarks after a while, but you don’t know the names of the streets to get anywhere.

[kaffekaka]

Actually a pretty good metaphor.