Raphaela Mettig
@rmettig.com
Researcher and PhD student. Malware, memory forensics, reverse engineering, macOS, ICS/OT. Music nerd and concert junkie. Personal account and opinions my own.
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Problem solving is part of research, and LLMs are pretty good at finding objective answers. But the expertise in my opinion comes with intimately understanding a problem and with how you make decisions to address those problems.
September 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Problem solving is part of research, and LLMs are pretty good at finding objective answers. But the expertise in my opinion comes with intimately understanding a problem and with how you make decisions to address those problems.
It's a tool and you knew when and how to use it; I think the problem is when students use it indiscriminately in attempts to skirt the actual exercise of thinking through a problem and, ultimately, learning.
September 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It's a tool and you knew when and how to use it; I think the problem is when students use it indiscriminately in attempts to skirt the actual exercise of thinking through a problem and, ultimately, learning.
I fully agree with this. I think there's also an important distinction to be made between using AI to help you code vs using AI to code for you. It has no context of the specific things you're trying to do, but it might help when reading through documentation or looking for examples.
September 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I fully agree with this. I think there's also an important distinction to be made between using AI to help you code vs using AI to code for you. It has no context of the specific things you're trying to do, but it might help when reading through documentation or looking for examples.