[rimliu]

abstraction needs to be built on something. If there is little in your brain, there is little you can do with it.

[echelon]

I think everyone's just citing platitudes at this point.

The earth will move on. Smart people will continue to exist. I'll bet on the smart people.

[abalashov]

They're not platitudes. To paraphrase my software mentor, now elderly, on LLMs:

It's an impressive force multiplier, but there has to be some force to multiply.