LLMs are demonic

[boccaderlupo]

Conjured intelligences of questionable human provenance and ever more inscrutable intent, to which more and more people are deferring questions that would typically be handled by a person's intellect, will, and imagination...not good.

Comments

[boccaderlupo]

I suspect that line is indeed fairly hard to identify, the closer one looks.

Have you read "De Magia" by Bruno or his other magic essays? The line between them and modern disciplines like advertising (perhaps even New Thought) seem pretty clear.

[jprussell]

I have not yet, though he's on the (very long) list, as is Eros and Magic in the Renaissance, which I understand makes the argument that that line is a direct one.

[boccaderlupo]

Eros and Magic... is not one I have read, but it's going on the list. Thank you!