So many people are are ADAMANTLY anti #LLM and I'm sympathetic - the energy usage and ethics of these systems are bad. But there are open source variants trying to fix these issues.
But then people shift to a more philosophical tone, claiming it robs us of our humanity.
Using LLMs to compose a letter to a friend is clearly ridiculous. However, using it to research quotes and alternative phrasings isn't that far from a spell checker (which neo-luddites also were opposed to)
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2024-08-17 12:43:06
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