RE: https://mastodon.social/@glyph/116220491984902015
I’ve never used any of the LLM chatbots, avoided them even in the early days, because they had all the hallmarks of a major cognitive and psychological hazard from the very beginning.
“I’m not gonna use this shit until I can be sure it won’t mess me or others up” is an entirely reasonable position to take, but for some reason it makes even those who are otherwise lukewarm on the tech quite angry.
@baldur If you could walk next door and visit another country, why would you try to build an opinion about that country based on the reports of others?
Trying a Chatbot is easy and harmless and they are amazing at what they do, and if you spend a lot of time doing research on the internet for anything, it is a far superior tool. It works as an IT help desk, as a tax advisor, even as an attorney. At a minimum it organizes your thoughts and does an incredible job of organizing the info landscape.
@mason @baldur I said TRYING a chatbot is harmless or the individual, and I stand by that. I also think using AI on a regular basis is not harmful to adults.
I think a case can be made that predicts broad based societal harms or harms to children or developmental or educational harms, but all of these are distinct domains of use and potential benefits or harms.
I am 100% sure that people who worry about their own brains being harmed could test this for themselves with zero risk of self harm.
Baldur Bjarnason
Jamie O'Neil
Mason Loring Bliss