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The LLMs are just an interface through which we communicate. Much like how the language we use is also an interface. LLMs have certain properties that lead to convergent and low-information communication, but so do languages (and their accompanying cultures).

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Exactly, the way airplanes are just an interface through which we walk.

Geez, when did people get this stupid? Was it LLMs, or were they always this way?

I suppose you also think that guns shoot people?

I suppose you think that you could shoot people without a gun?

I revise my statement, this is must be a joke account.

My point was about affordances. The interface has its own, but we already deal with affordances through human language so this is nothing new.

While the parody has potential, I think the jokes need some work. I think it's not quite hitting because it's too off the wall crazy, but there's no twist.

You've clearly never heard of a bow.

An interface through which we travel, if you were at all responding in good faith.

Let me paste your message into an LLM and let it respond, and you can give me an idea of how well you communicated with me.

LLMs are a good way to LARP communication, while avoiding it entirely.

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