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Simon Willison nailed exactly this 2 years ago: > I've been thinking about generative AI tools as "bicycles for the mind" (to borrow an old Steve Jobs line), b

by jrk 1y ago

Simon Willison nailed exactly this 2 years ago: > I've been thinking about generative AI tools as "bicycles for the mind" (to borrow an old Steve Jobs line), but I think "electric bicycles for the mind" might be more appropriate. > They can accelerate your natural abilities, you have to learn how to use them, they can give you a significant boost that some people might feel is a bit of a cheat, and they're also quite dangerous if you're not careful with them! https://simonwillison.net/2023/Feb/13/ebikes/ https://simonwillison.net/2023/Feb/13/ebikes/

onefreecomputer 1y ago
https://packet.boutique/technohumanism/codex/index.html https://packet.boutique/technohumanism/codex/index.html Technology is part of humanity. Just as a hammer extends the hand, so too does the LLM extend the mind.
- croes 1y ago
  Or it is the car for the mind. It extends your range but you become fat and lazy by driving everywhere.
  - chii 1y ago
    > you become fat and lazy by driving everywhere. but you do manage to drive everywhere - a feat that wasn't possible previously (except perhapes for the select few who trained).
    - croes 1y ago
      But as soon the car breaks down you're going nowhere. That's a big dependency, reminds me of the people in Wall-E.
      - chii 1y ago
        Yes, it's a new dependency. But it's not the biggest one of the modern life. And the criteria shouldn't be just the cost of the dependency, but the benefits too! I'd say every dependency we have in the modern life is worth it - otherwise people wouldn't have chosen to have it. Like electricity, mechanised farming, etc.
        croes 1y ago
        People aren't so rational. We often chose short term benfits over long term negative effects. For instance eating too much sugar, too little sleep, destroying our own habitate by burning fossil fuels etc. AI needs lots of money and resources ans the use case is more than once for useless stuff.
matthewsinclair 1y ago
Gosh. That’s bang on. And very prescient for 2 years ago.

by jrk 1y ago

onefreecomputer 1y ago

https://packet.boutique/technohumanism/codex/index.html https://packet.boutique/technohumanism/codex/index.html Technology is part of humanity. Just as a hammer extends the hand, so too does the LLM extend the mind.

croes 1y ago
Or it is the car for the mind. It extends your range but you become fat and lazy by driving everywhere.
- chii 1y ago
  > you become fat and lazy by driving everywhere. but you do manage to drive everywhere - a feat that wasn't possible previously (except perhapes for the select few who trained).
  - croes 1y ago
    But as soon the car breaks down you're going nowhere. That's a big dependency, reminds me of the people in Wall-E.
    - chii 1y ago
      Yes, it's a new dependency. But it's not the biggest one of the modern life. And the criteria shouldn't be just the cost of the dependency, but the benefits too! I'd say every dependency we have in the modern life is worth it - otherwise people wouldn't have chosen to have it. Like electricity, mechanised farming, etc.
      - croes 1y ago
        People aren't so rational. We often chose short term benfits over long term negative effects. For instance eating too much sugar, too little sleep, destroying our own habitate by burning fossil fuels etc. AI needs lots of money and resources ans the use case is more than once for useless stuff.

matthewsinclair 1y ago

Gosh. That’s bang on. And very prescient for 2 years ago.