[FRIAM] "I hope I'm wrong. But that text reads like it was generated by an LLM"

[Marcus Daniels]

It may have been when I started using computers -- the end of the Symbolics / Lisp machine era and the start of the AI winter. Of course, THE reason for developing computer technology is to facilitate the emergence of artificial intelligence. When I see people that work in the field that are wary, I wonder if they were dropped as children. 

From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of Nicholas Thompson <thompnickson2 at gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] "I hope I'm wrong. But that text reads like it was generated by an LLM" 

You guys Freak me out! You work all your lives to create a machine that can do human things, but are somehow the last to admit that the thing you have created is human. Are are you worried that you have put yourselves out of a job? Hardly! Just as blood and bone humanity can be improved endlessly, so too can the silicon form. I long for George to replace Siri because, as I grow older, and my hands become more quivery, I rely more and more on dictation. George is way better at understanding my intent than Siri. 


Surely the best part of humanism is recognizing humanity when you see it. 



Nick 

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On Jan 26, 2025, at 10:01 AM, steve smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote: 

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