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> Story goes, the Celtic druids relied on oral tradition and rejected writing, because they figured relying on writing was a crutch that made them weaker. They'
by PessimalDecimal 1y ago
> Story goes, the Celtic druids relied on oral tradition and rejected writing, because they figured relying on writing was a crutch that made them weaker. They're gone now and, because of that choice, most of their culture with them.
Can you help me complete this analogy? By failing to rely on "writing" (read: LLMs), what will fail to be recorded and therefore remembered? Is the idea that if knowledge isn't encompassed by an LLM, in the future it will be inaccessible to anyone?
- NewsaHackO 1y agoSure! I am not the OP, but it seems like the analogy is how being a Luddite and refusing to integrate modern tools leads to being left behind and becoming irrelevant. Another more contemporary example: when intravascular techniques were first being developed, many CT surgeons felt as though those procedures were beneath them and gladly let cardiologists take point for those while they continued to do open procedures. Because of this, they lost a lot of ground in billable procedures, and it negatively affected compensation and demand for CT surgeons. Now, cardiologists can do some minimally invasive valve repairs and ASD closures, which will continue to take business away from CT surgeons. If you refuse to adapt to new technologies, you will be left behind.