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> The root cause is that LLMs are a damage multiplier for fuckwits.

Reminds me of Eco's quote about giving the "village idiot" a megaphone. But, transposed to the age of AI.-

It's much worse than that. It's giving the village idiot something which turns their insane ramblings into something that is incredibly verbose and sounds credible but inherits both the original idiot's poor communication and the subtle ramblings of an electronic crackhead in it.

Bring back the days of "because it's got electrolytes" because I can easily ignore those ones.

To quote another frontpage article, it transforms the village idiot into a "Julius".

Oh shit I just read that and am utterly horrified because I've been through that and am going through it. I have instantly decided to optimise myself to retire as quickly as possible.

Don't worry, you're not alone. I'm in the same boat. :)

For others since it's about to fall off the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42494090

The culture is been driven by village idiots.

Since ...

... at least when villages were prevalent. Or, earlier ... :)

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