alternatively, we just let all the quants and normies get entranced by LLMs for 100 years and do lots of fun things without them. but like, i guess we should do our jobs when duty calls, especially since obviously this new toy, just like the one before it (web 2.0) literally eats children, not cool

i think one of the great services humanists can do is find fail cases that people can try themselves to "feel the edge of the system" ways that people can come to a more visceral and heuristic stance towards the LLMs

it's the best way i've found to really feel under the hood: gpt organizes and stylizes your thoughts back nicely, and can rope in distant, extracted forks that can be provocative, but it *totally is not following your point* none of the inner relations or logic of your position survive the grok

The best way I've found to disillusion yourself of GPTs powers is: have a complex debate and ask it to counter your view. At end, ask it to summarize your view. GPT fails, miserably. It isn't following ur reasoning, it just parrots it back + ouija's in other loosely related language chunkies.

It's a fine line between "infographic" and meme, and one that, curiously, falls neatly upon party lines. Still only one kind of dumb out there tho!

it was absolutely brilliant. i might have to rewatch the entire season