I can get value out of them. But the gap between the value it's possible to get and the claims being made for them is more of a void. And in the meantime, all humanity is being drained from work
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I'd value the positive impact of LLMs alongside search engines a generation ago, that was a profound change in the relationship between people and information together with a reordering and this is at least equivalent. So it will be broadly disruptive.
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But you also have a further generation of entrenchment of the silicon valley tech complex in society, with its hype machine. Which is inherently not acting in consumer interests.
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It's not even just consumers. It's *industry*. It's "head off the golden goose" territory, with no politicians savvy enough to regulate and no will to even try while the silver bullet mirage is on the table.
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IF ONLY, they said, their chest swelling with pride and not a little hubris, IF ONLY the leadership class could be a little more like me
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I'm still waiting for my 3D-printed Caesar salad to arrive.
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Well put. Profoundly depressing. Techno-centrists grasping at the silver bullet to fix their economic problems.
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