I'm watching people who praise LLMs and who so quickly abandoned reason the same way I used to watch cult documentaries. Honestly, there's no difference in behavior. The strength of their beliefs only reinforces the similarities. They think that their logic is flawless, but to a person outside of the cult, it's both sad and frustrating, because they hurt more than just themselves. How quickly we normalized theft, for example.
@afilina just do a Louis Theroux as he did in the manosphere documentary. Just let the bros talk. Stare at them neutral or empty. Wait until they get angry. Stare more and eat your inner popcorn. Safes a lot of energy. Cc @RichardWallintin
@rotnroll666 That's not the stance I want to take. If you see a cult, do you just ignore people's vulnerabilities getting exploited to profit a few? Do you ignore the externalities? @RichardWallintin
@afilina @rotnroll666 i try to (as calmly as i can) not shut up about ethics and ecological costs, even if it bothers people to hear it again and again