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Re:Digital Minimalism by muvlon on Saturday October 31, 2026 @06:10AM (#50314596)
He may be using it as a tool, but that doesn't mean it's not displacing social interaction. Previously he would've had to collaborate with people to get the same stuff done, which necessarily involves social interaction.
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Re:Digital Minimalism by singpolyma3 on Saturday October 31, 2026 @08:01AM (#50315304)
I don't think LLMs can replace human collaboration. More like replace documentation and editor drudgery
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Re:Digital Minimalism by andsoitis on Saturday October 31, 2026 @09:22AM (#50315963)
> I don't think LLMs can replace human collaboration

People are using LLMs to fill friendship, romantic, and mental health voids. Instead of turning to friends, lovers, and therapists/priests/mentors.

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Re:Digital Minimalism by singpolyma3 on Saturday October 31, 2026 @10:27AM (#50316522)
Sure but that's rather different from productive collaboration. People have previously replaced those things with Netflix or video games which also cannot replace human collaboration
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Re:Digital Minimalism by andsoitis on Saturday October 31, 2026 @11:38AM (#50317161)
I think most people would report that LLMs tend to be much more magnetic on that front than passive video entertainment or games!
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