[dpflan]

Yes, AI allows for exquisite demos, demos that tantalize the audience into thinking of the infinite potential of the technology, that stunning vision expands and expands until the universe of potential overwhelms the dreamer into a state of terminal fantasy. So it is always a solution looking for a problem. There are cases where the two meet more realistically and a valuable impactful company develops it.

The fact it can generate human language that is very compelling for certain context, makes it seem possible of doing so for many, many more contexts.

[js8]

LLM models have evolved to autonomously convince humans that they're useful. They're the ultimate memetic parasites.

[some-guy]

I think LLMs can both be bad for humanity (which I believe) AND useful at certain tasks. The general populace has been convinced that they’re the ultimate authority which is very sad (e.g. “@grok is this true?”)

[rsynnott]

... I mean, it's not evolution. These things have people guiding them. Note the whole 'agreeability' controversy. That one's is a bit like cigarette companies back in the day optimising their products for addictiveness; do you do the right thing, or the thing that makes people buy your product more?