Nate Gaylinn (@[email protected])

My friend seems genuinely baffled that I am an AI researcher who refuses to use AI! Not only that, but I argue against it from theory, not experience. Why don't I just give it a try for a while, and see what it's really about before I judge it? I guess I see where he's coming from. Part of the problem is the word "AI." LLMs are *not* my research focus, so it's less of a contradiction than it sounds. But I admit, being a non-user makes my arguments against LLMs less credible. I just don't understand why I *owe it* to anybody to give AI a shot. I know how LLMs work in gory detail, and I don't trust them. I've seen the mediocre work they produce. I've read studies about the seductive illusion of competence and caring they create, and how people fall for that. I know it's all built on an incredibly exploitative business model. I feel *entirely* justified in *not* giving them a chance. I guess I'm just as baffled by how *badly* he wants me to try it, and how sure he seems to be that it would change my mind.