i just want to know what the the theory of change is, beyond being really angry at the whole thing
I completely understand the position of people who don't want to use LLMs or consume any content produced with LLMs. I do not understand the position of "NO ONE should use LLMs at all" because how are you planning to make that happen? no one should be *forced* to use them, but plenty of people are using them now. it's not something you can wish away or achieve via moral condemnation.
I'm fundamentally a tool builder, and LLM coding agents work one million times better if you give them good tools, and I wrote a thing about this
https://john.regehr.org/writing/zero_dof_programming.html
I'm enormously irritated by people who create elaborate social rules and structures in order to protect themselves from the possibility of personal conflict. unfortunately I'm also a leftist.
I would, too, like to preserve my beautiful cake and somehow also simultaneously consume it.
the linear nature of the signifier
to be honest there's nothing more satisfying than being asked "why can't we do X" when the answer is The Laws of Physics
Arquivo Pessoa: Obra Édita - TABACARIA
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I'm like Pessoa in Tabacaria, I have within me all the dreams in the world
I CAN'T BE ALL THESE THINGS AT ONCE
John Regehr