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dinkumthinkumyesterday at 2:50 AM2 repliesview on HN

I’m curious as to why you think this is a good comparison. I hear it a lot but I don’t think it makes as much sense as its promulgators propose. Did fire, the wheel, or any of these other things threaten the very process of human innovation itself? Do you know not see a fundamental difference. People like to say “democratize” all the time but how democratized do you think you would feel if you and anyone you know couldn’t afford a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of, much less some hardware and electricity to run your local LLM?


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nradovyesterday at 9:54 AM

The invention of the scientific method fundamentally changed the very process of human innovation itself.

squigzyesterday at 8:36 AM

Did paint and canvas kill human innovation? Did the photograph? Did digital art?

"The very process of human innovation" will survive, I assure you.