It used to be a beautifully imperfect world
The article discusses the impact of AI and large language models (LLMs) on human reasoning and productivity. It highlights the tension between the efficiency gained from using AI and the potential loss of critical thinking skills. The author reflects on the societal pressures to adopt AI tools in the workplace, suggesting that this trend may lead to a dehumanizing experience for individuals.
- ▪LLMs make tasks faster and easier, but they may hinder personal reasoning and understanding.
- ▪The use of AI can create pressure to produce results quickly, especially for those early in their careers.
- ▪The author argues that while AI can enhance productivity, it may ultimately make us less capable over time.
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It used to be a beautifully imperfect world 20 May, 2026 LLMs make a lot of tasks faster, more accurate, easier. Like writing a function in code, analyzing long text, or searching for a fuzzy statistic. Before November 2022, you would have to look through wikipedia, a blog post, or images and reason together an answer. Before the internet, you would have to look through a book or ask your family or friends. The use of ai cuts the important part out, the friction that hones your reasoning and understanding. It stops you from arriving at a solution that isn't necessarily the best but is still yours. LLMs have expanded the equivalent of offloading information to a Google search to offloading reasoning to a prompt.
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