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I don't think I'm exaggerating when I'm saying that me and my wife feel like the last survivors in a zombie apocalypse, seeing all close friends and family use this crap more and more. Even a "I just asked ChatGPT what the best GPU for this game is" feels like that hidden zombie bitemark trope

I don't think I have vibed with a sentiment around LLMs more than I have with this quote. Even IF (and that huge "if" says a lot about you btw) you can ignore all the sociopolitical, economical, environmental and ethical implications, how can you justify deliberately dulling your mind and skills?

For me - as someone who is a self-doubt machine - there are certain tasks that I would love to delegate, much like how one might work with a collaborator. I also don’t hate the idea of better autocomplete*. But any thought of ever doing so dies with the "if" - the ethical implications are too big.

(*not whole functions but like single line stuff. Simple boilerplate syntax, not actual logic. It should never make a design or engineering decision, only let me insert the thing I was already going to write)