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🧵 One thing that concerns me about the current AI mania is what I see as people embracing full on nihilism - the "nothing matters" philosophy. - "LLMs have a massive environmental cost? Doesn't matter, because *future smarter* AI will solve climate change." 1/7

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- "LLMs are being forced on everyone by deeply unprofitable companies? Doesn't matter, *future efficient* AI will make it super cheap." - "LLMs produce buggy, unreliable code? Doesn't matter, *future smarter and cheap* AI will fix all the bugs." 2/7

- "LLMs lead to de-skilling of software engineers with decades of institutional knowledge? Doesn't matter, *future smart* AI will replace all software engineers anyway." 3/7

Any concern you have about LLMs? The answer is some form of "what's happening NOW doesn't matter, because in the FUTURE some magical solution will exist". 4/7

What's the shape, cost, or ETA of the solution? Impossible to know, but just having religious faith in it removes any and all responsibility for TODAY'S actions and decisions. 5/7