While I might question their sanity and/or ethics, it's generally not a good idea to underestimate a fool.

You say that as if LLMs aren't another dumbing-down interface.

Not sure about understanding, but anyone can use a LLM. That is the most intuitive way to interact with a computer and that's the entire point. It may even work on animals. There is serious research on how LLMs could interpret animal language, like with dolphins.

> It may even work on animals. There is serious research on how LLMs could interpret animal language, like with dolphins.

This is one of the more hysterical things I have heard.

How would we even know it was translating animal language correctly?

Here, read the blog post. The LLM isn't running inside of a blackbox, it's a tool used as part of behavioral research with real animals https://blog.google/technology/ai/dolphingemma/

You think they can operate a motor vehicle but don’t know how to type into a text box on chatgpt dot com?

The dangers of that web site are much more subtle and hard to defend against than those associated with "a motor vehicle", by which I guess you mean something like a car.

You can see traffic. It's easy to understand the dangers in a collision because when you drive into something unexpectedly your body takes a hit and you get frightened since you immediately realise that it might cost you a lot of money but you don't know for sure.

Being subtly manipulated by a disgustingly subservient fake conversationalist is another thing altogether.

The need for ever-expanding profit ensures that they will be addressed as a market. Give it six months.

I personally know of at least 5 “rolling coal” people (aka “rednecks) that use ChatGPT on the regular.

You underestimate the pervasiveness of AI, and in particular, ChatGPT. It is quite popular in the blue collar trades.

And yeah, a lot of them probably regard everything that ChatGPT tells them as fact.

Intelligence and Wisdom are two separate stats.

I needed to ask ChatGPT to understand you :-)

"Rolling coal" is the practice of modifying a diesel engine—usually in pickup trucks—to increase the amount of fuel entering the engine, which causes the vehicle to emit large, thick plumes of black smoke from the exhaust. This is often done by tampering with or removing emissions control devices.

Hasn't stopped the Trump administration from its numerous embarrassing uses