[@jenniferplusplus](https://hachyderm.io/@jenniferplusplus)
Tangential thought:
The current LLM craze reminds me a •lot• of late-19C-early-20C spiritualism (attempts to communicate with the dead, seances and all that). There’s a deep hunger for it to be real. And it almost seems possible! And smart, famous people keep buying in (Arthur Conan Doyle, Mr. Logic)! And there’s obvious reason to doubt, but…tantalizing pieces of evidence keep surfacing! And yes, one thing after another keeps turning out to be smoke and mirrors, but…but but….
Paul Cantrell /
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2024-03-23 15:53:38
in reply to nevent1q…00v7
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