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LLMs are amplifiers.

2026-03-09 · Bits and Bobs 3/9/26
  • LLMs are amplifiers.
    • Like levers, that can be hugely valuable… but also hugely dangerous.

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  • LLMs make intellectual technicians less necessary.2026-06-15
  • LLMs are great at making prototypes more real.2026-06-15
  • A tweet making an interesting observation: "No one really claims that alphafold is conscious, or that sora or midjourney or dall-e are conscious."2026-06-08
  • LLMs can make a superficially compelling argument even on absurd premises.2026-06-08
  • A new piece from Ben Hunt: Contact: AI and the Semantic Dimension.2026-06-08
  • LLMs have made it so much more of the potential of programming is possible.2026-06-01
  • The level of difficulty that people can tackle goes way up with LLMs.2026-06-01
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  • llms

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  • gilded turd
  • fixed cost

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  • I had a chance to do some scenario planning last week with various folks on the long-range impact of LLMs on humanity.2023-11-13

Bits and Bobs by Alex Komoroske