I’d expect George to weather this future better than most of us. I don’t see evidence of mental health issues in his post? Sounds pretty spot on to me. But then maybe I have issues..
It will just be necessary to separate the emotions from the reality to enable one to react properly and decisively against a threat that primarily attacks emotions, stories, etc.
LLMs are story engines. Stories are the exploit vector. Language is stories.
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There are very real things wrapped in stories, but one can only truly tackle them by unwrapping first.
You do however have control over your personal future, your friend- and relationships, your neighbors and your local social circles.
Unless you're in the bay area I guess, in which case I am part sorry part full of schadenfreude. I am not confident that healthy local social relationships are possible there.