{"slug": "poll-what-will-a-better-llm-do-for-me", "title": "Poll: What will a better LLM do for me?", "summary": "A poll on Hacker News asks whether users are working on problems that current LLMs cannot solve but that a next-generation first-tier LLM might, with early responses indicating most users are not gated on better models. The poll offers options such as using LLMs for research and ad hoc problem-solving, having a specific gated problem, or using coding agents that already mostly solve their needs.", "body_md": "Is anyone here working on a problem for which current generation LLMs are inadequate, but that could possibly be solved by the next release of a first tier LLM?\n\nNo, I use LLMs for research and ad hoc problem-solving, so improvements are better but I'm not working on a specific unsolved problem that a better LLM would solve.\n\n1 point\n\nYes, I have a specific problem, which I have described in a comment, the solution for which is gated on better LLMs.\n\n1 point\n\nOther, please describe.\n\n1 point\n\nNo, but I use coding agents so my problem is mostly solved but I welcome all incremental gains.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/poll-what-will-a-better-llm-do-for-me", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49499871", "published_at": "2026-08-30 16:01:18+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-30 16:22:06.021162+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models"], "entities": ["Hacker News"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/poll-what-will-a-better-llm-do-for-me", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/poll-what-will-a-better-llm-do-for-me.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/poll-what-will-a-better-llm-do-for-me.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/poll-what-will-a-better-llm-do-for-me.jsonld"}}