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Dont use a sledgehammer to pound a nail. Spellcheck a la 1985 can answer such a question.

Very true, but people pretend LLMs are the "google replacement". For google (or rather duckduckgo) I know exactly which keywords to type to find my answer within seconds. If I type only keywords into the LLM (like "X algorithm in C") it often gives me a long and wide explanation first and takes super long until it reaches the code.

Granted, a lot of website have an explanation, too, but most of the time I am just not interested in it and scroll past it. I just want to see the code, I know the theory, otherwise I'd ask about it

The problem is google results get worse and worse due to SEO optimized websites and ads. On the other hand LLMs just answer your question without the need for you to waste time with that.

And you could just ask the LLM to only answer with the code...

And what makes you think commercial LLMs won't get SEO optimized and ad infested? Companys will fight the same way about getting their first mention in an LLM reply

At that point it's way more profitable for the LLM operator to just instruct the LLM to shill for (list of people buying ads from you), and charge the ad buyer per impression.

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