I wouldn’t say I am anti-LLM, but I am definitely anti-AGI. And I think this comment is nudging me into a better understanding of why that is. I much prefer to

I wouldn’t say I am anti-LLM, but I am definitely anti-AGI. And I think this comment is nudging me into a better understanding of why that is. I much prefer to be the “owner” of my devices and not just the “operator”. In fact, I think any move to a more advanced AI toolset makes a change in how we interact with computers necessary. Giving such control to an AI is just a proxy to giving it to some organization that I don’t trust. And, it means that I stop being the expert and give that job over to a tool that I, by extension, also don’t trust. I don’t see where this is solvable unless we end up with personal devices with these capabilities, and while some of that exists I think the bleeding edge will always be controlled by corps with resources, which is a great contrast to times past. What a sad time to be in software.