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Re:LLM Inevitabilism by erlend_sh on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @06:29AM (#44569734)
Exactly. This is basically the argument of “AI as Normal Technology”.

https://knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-as-normal-technology

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43697717

Re:LLM Inevitabilism by highfrequency on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @07:16AM (#44569958)
Thanks for the link. The comparison to electricity is a good one, and this is a nice reflection on why it took time for electricity’s usefulness to show up in productivity stats:

> What eventually allowed gains to be realized was redesigning the entire layout of factories around the logic of production lines. In addition to changes to factory architecture, diffusion also required changes to workplace organization and process control, which could only be developed through experimentation across industries.

Re:LLM Inevitabilism by SirHumphrey on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @11:23AM (#44572137)
This seems like one the only sane arguments in this whole sea of articles.