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Re:As an experienced LLM user, I don't use generative LLMs o... by steveklabnik on Monday May 05, 2025 @04:13PM (#43898987)
Yeah, I try to stay away from reaching for these sorts of explanations, because it feels uncharitable. I saw a lot of very smart people repost the quoted post! They're not the kind who "cannot imagine a world where they are wrong."

But at the same time, the pace of advancement is very fast, and so not having recently re-evaluated things is significantly more likely while also being more charitable, I think.

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Re:As an experienced LLM user, I don't use generative LLMs o... by zoogeny on Monday May 05, 2025 @04:25PM (#43899104)
My language is inflammatory for certain, but I believe it is true. I don't think most minds are capable of having to reevaluate their opinions as quickly as AI is demanding. There is some evidence that stress is strongly correlated to uncertainty. AI is complicated, the tools are complicated, the trade-off are complicated. So that leaves a few options: live in uncertainty/stress, expend the energy to reevaluate or choose to believe in certainty based on past experience.

If someone is embracing uncertainty or expending the time/energy/money to reevaluate then they don't post such confidently wrong ideas on social media.

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