Current LLMs are nowhere near qualified to be autonomous without a human in the loop. They just aren't rigorous enough. Especially the "scientist throwing a swarm to deal with common ML exploratory tasks." The judgement of most steps in the exploratory task require human feedback based on the domain of study.

> Many of the recommendations will feel too much or too little complexity for what people need and the fundamentals get lost: intent for design, control, the ability to collaborate if necessary, fast iteration due to an easy feedback loop.

Completely agreed. This is because LLMs are atrocious at judgement and guiding the sequence of exploration is critically dependent on judgement.