Calling the greatest and last invention of man "AI thingies" is telling of why our society will split into tech and non tech communities in the future like all the science fiction authors have predicted.

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latexr 10 hours ago | parent [-]

> Calling the greatest and last invention of man

There are several inventions which are far greater than LLMs. To name two: computers and methods to generate electricity, things without which LLMs wouldn’t have been possible. But also harnessing fire, the wheel, agriculture, vaccines… The list goes on and on.

Calling LLMs “AI thingies” seems much more in tune with reality than calling them “the greatest invention of man” (and I’m steel manning and assuming you meant “latest”, not “last”). You can’t eat LLMs or live in them and they are extremely dependent on other inventions to barely function. They do not, in any way, deserve the title of “greatest invention”, and it’s worrying that we’re at that level of hyperbole. Though you’re certainly not the first one to make that claim.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/alphabet-ceo-sundar-pichai-sa...

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arisAlexis 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Am not talking about LLMs this is like making an argument about DC power. I am talking about inventing intelligence which is greater even than fire.

	▲	Applejinx 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		He did mean 'last', maybe don't steelman these arguments so dutifully? Speak for yourself, friend. I don't believe you and think you're making a tragic mistake, but you're also my competition in a sense, so… you have fun with that.