> 1B people in the world smoke. The fact something is wildly popular doesn’t make it good or valuable. Human brains are very easily manipulated, that should be obvious at this point.

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simianwords 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Almost all smokers agree that it is harmful for them.

Can you explain why I should not be equally suspicious of gaming, social media, movies, carnivals, travel?

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manuelmoreale 2 hours ago | parent [-]

You should be. You should be equally suspicious of everything. That's the whole point. You wrote:

> My position on things like this is that if enough people use a service, I must defer to their judgement that they benefit from it.

Enough people doing something doesn't make that something good or desirable from a societal standpoint. You can find examples of things that go in both directions. You mentioned gaming, social media, movies, carnivals, travel, but you can just as easily ask the same question for gambling or heavy drugs use.

Just saying "I defer to their judgment" is a cop-out.

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stavros an hour ago | parent [-]

Ok, I'll bite: What's the harm of LLMs?

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manuelmoreale an hour ago | parent [-]

We don't know yet? And that's how things usually go. It's rare to have an immediate sense of how something might be harmful 5, 10, or 50 years in the future. Social media was likely considered all fun and good in 2005 and I doubt people were envisioning all the harmful consequences.

	▲	simianwords 30 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Sure continue to be skeptical of everything. Even on Netflix, even on music even on sports. Your type of people always existed, they were skeptical of homosexuality, intermarriage. Your role is essential to keep progress somewhat in check but that’s all there is to it. Progress will continue.