You're probably right, both the left and right seem determined to plunge us into an authoritarian and economically stratified society. But I can't help but go back to my earlier point, unlike all the other tech that was hyped to the stratosphere, the LLM tech has been a huge plus for me personally. I just like it, and that isn't part of the propaganda "machine".

I think when it comes to LLMs, like software and books - usage is everything. You have to use it to get a benefit. LLMs by themselves produce no utility. And usage means a task coming from a person who puts something at stake, it is contextual. It is both a cost and a risk for the user. Benefits accumulate to the user. So LLMs are actually just a cheap utility, while context is king. It is democratizing.

I think that's fine, its the people that aren't paranoid about it at all that concern me. There's definitely a responsible way to use llms and get value out of them. I just come off strong cause most people are the former and need to snap out the fuck out of it. I feel like 25% of the people on this site are "spiraling" i.e heading towards some silicon valley administered psychosis.