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The post has nothing to do with writing software. It would have as much value if it were written by someone who'd never written a line of code in their life. It
by tomgp 10d ago
The post has nothing to do with writing software. It would have as much value if it were written by someone who'd never written a line of code in their life. It's about the social dimension of LLMs and how the personality they present is, for some of us, pretty grating.
Martin is a good writer and (from what I've heard from those who've spent time with him) a lovely person which I think makes him well qualified to speak on the topic.
- sanderjd 10d agoBut ... there is no "social dimension of LLMs" for me, they are just tools.
- tomgp 9d agoI agree, they are just tools, but the way they are presented; taking natural language as their input and responding in kind strongly influences the way our brains react to them on a social level. That's what I mean by their social dimension.
- sanderjd 9d agoAs I said in another comment, to me this seems like it must have a strong personality or psychological component of some kind. I'm really not trying to be condescending or anything, but I just simply do not experience that reaction. I know that I'm interacting with a computer program, I would have to actively pretend to experience this social reaction. I understand that many people seem to experience it totally differently.