Electricity is to physical labor as LLM is to cognitive labor.

· Bits and Bobs 3/9/26
  • Electricity is to physical labor as LLM is to cognitive labor.
    • After electricity became widely distributed, physical strength mattered much less than before.
    • Electricity replaced a lot of jobs but also created many new ones.
    • If you replace steam with electricity nothing changes.
      • It took us a few decades to figure out how to not just bolt it on.

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