[vouaobrasil]

> I am not saying that LLMs are worthless—they are marvels of engineering and can solve some particularly thorny problems that have confounded us for decades.

Disagree with that, because firstly, they have not really solved any problems that outweight the negatives that they have unleashed and will unleash on society.

So they make programmers more effective: is that actually a good thing, though? Fact is, most software is designed to make consumerism and corporations more effective, and that's not really a good thing for the long-term health of the planet.

Your article also indicates a sort of independence between keeping intellectual tasks primarily human and allowing AI/LLMs to work in specific domains. However, those with the power don't care about principles. They just want to replace as much as they can and use the human instinct to get ahead quickly to do so. And no amount of priniciple will stop them. AI is just too powerful to be used in a way that is consistent with human beings keeping their intellectual environment healthy.

[stronglikedan]

> Disagree with that...they have not really solved any problems that outweight the negatives

And I disagree with that. They are marvels of engineering and they have solved thorny problems. Just because they problems they've solved in the very short time they've been solving problems don't yet outweigh the negatives, doesn't mean they won't soon, and doesn't make either statement false.

Great things take time, and great omelets are made from broken eggs. Nothing new under the sun, except AI.

[vouaobrasil]

> they have solved thorny problems.

Like what then? Let's hear some examples.