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I did read the other replies. I don't think my comment is that LLMs are bad. I use LLMs and agents for work. I think my "oh shit" moment is the dynamic that giving someone LLMs amplifies their impact (positive or negative).

For example, some people give kids tiny go karts and that's acceptable because the damage they can do with a very tiny battery powered 4 wheeler is minimal. We now live in a world where everyone has access to a tank and can plow over everything.

I think LLMs will increase anti-social behavior.

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Ahh, gotcha.

Personally, I worry far more about guns in this regard, but I feel you.

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Owning and using guns doesn't cause cognitive decline in the same way I've observed steep cognitive changes in people I know who are taken in by LLMs.

I recently had a friend ask an LLM what fun things there are to do in a town we were visiting. It gave the most generic answer like "try local restaurants" and "there are bars" and stuff. There's not a lot of tourist information for this area so it was nonspecific.

This is someone with an advanced degree in a medical field and she thought this was amazing insight. I asked, how is this different from what you already knew and she stood there thinking for a bit and you could tell there was a cognitive dissonance uncovered. She was very concerned when thinking it over and realizing it wasn't something she was able to intuit.

A relative of mine a long time ago had a stroke and recovered. I hadn't seen that facial expression since trying to help my relative figure out how to sit in a chair again.

Basic cognitive functions lost easily, difficult to rebuild.

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