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thn-gapyesterday at 9:18 AM1 replyview on HN

Sounds exactly like the person who is about to find out they are addicted


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unshavedyakyesterday at 3:17 PM

Yup, or we'll find out there's nothing to fear for folks who are using this responsibly.

It seems a huge "the sky is falling" to think all LLM use is bad for fear of some "addiction" to me. Even many skeptics (eg Hashimoto) have come around to the idea of using LLMs.

One thing is clear in my mind. VCs are burning cash, and so if you have an LLM flow you find useful, take some free cash. The sky is not falling in this respect imo.

Which is not a defense of AI, to be clear. AI may very well be a big societal problem, but in this context i don't see Hashimoto/etc becoming heroin addicts like ya'll are so concerned about. It's just a fancy autocomplete. The fear seems a bit over hyped.