Thank you for saying this. I find the whole thing deeply alarming, so it's encouraging that the push-back seems to be growing. It's always slightly depressing though when we need these scientific studies to point out something that ought to be obvious. 'LLMs make us stupid' falls into the same category as 'Exercise turns out to be good for our health'. Decreasing resistance increases atrophy; what is neglected withers; so of course delegating thought and problem solving and creativity is going to reduce our capacity to think and problem solve and be creative. And as you say, we need those things more than ever.
Thanks Gideon - it all seems so obvious to some but not to the vast majority, sadly. I also struggle with articulating thoughts on this topic which don't make me sound like a killjoy, but it is what it is.
Thank you for saying this. I find the whole thing deeply alarming, so it's encouraging that the push-back seems to be growing. It's always slightly depressing though when we need these scientific studies to point out something that ought to be obvious. 'LLMs make us stupid' falls into the same category as 'Exercise turns out to be good for our health'. Decreasing resistance increases atrophy; what is neglected withers; so of course delegating thought and problem solving and creativity is going to reduce our capacity to think and problem solve and be creative. And as you say, we need those things more than ever.
Thanks Gideon - it all seems so obvious to some but not to the vast majority, sadly. I also struggle with articulating thoughts on this topic which don't make me sound like a killjoy, but it is what it is.