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> I realize that I may not be getting perfect information, but LLM output gives me ideas that are a combination of live web searching and whatever innate knowle
by delusional 7mo ago
> I realize that I may not be getting perfect information, but LLM output gives me ideas that are a combination of live web searching and whatever innate knowledge the LLM holds in its weights.
I don't mean to be judgemental. It's possible this is a personal observation, but I do wonder if it's not universal. I find that if I give an inch to these models thinking, I instantly become lazy. It doesn't really matter if they produce interesting output, but rather that I stop trying to produce interesting thoughts because I can't help wonder if the LLM wouldn't have output the same thing. I become TOO output focused. I mistake reading an interpretation for actually integrating knowledge into my own thinking, I disregard following along with the author.
I love reading philosophy as well. Dialectic of Enlightenment profoundy shaped how I view the world, but there was not a single part of that book that I could have given you a coherent interpretation of as a read it. The interpretations all come now, years after I read it. I can't help but wonder if those interpretations would have been different, had my subcouncious been satiated by cheap explanations from the lie robot.
- kolinko 7mo agoFor me it's the opposite - sure, for many outputs I don't need to think, but then I end up thinking on a higher level, and doing even more work. An analogy would be - if GPS allows you to not worry about which turn to take, you can finally focus on where you want to get.
- demorro 7mo agoSeconding this. Revelation happens subtly, often far removed from what you might later unpick as its "primary source". Immediate interpretation tend to be plastic and shallow.
- sph 7mo agoAlso it might be hard to grasp for most of us, used to constant stimulation and lack of space for contemplation and incorporation of information (I recommend the works of philosopher Byung-Chul Han on the matter) with yet unknown effects on our psyche and creative output. It takes days or weeks for one to sit and digest novel viewpoints; asking a machine to skip all that work for us is just another example of seeking instant gratification. I have no time to think, do it for me, so I can scroll to the next post already.
- simianwords 7mo agoI don’t think you are wrong but isn’t it obvious to pick and choose cases where you might want to use LLMs vs doing the work? Seems obvious to me. Sure if you want to read a novel, don’t ask an llm about it. When you want to learn something quick then use LLMs. But you would know how much compression is going on. This is something we do routinely anyway. If I want to know something about taxes, I read the first google result and get the gist of it. But I’m still better off and didn’t require to take a full course.