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Barbingyesterday at 5:16 PM1 replyview on HN

LLMs are drugs because they’re addictive and sap your abilities, is it?

(or generally: “Is the cocaine cartel comparison fair or unfair?”)


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dsr_today at 12:20 AM

LLMs are fair to compare to cocaine because while there certainly could be ethical producers who follow reasonable laws and work to develop good uses, the market is completely dominated by organizations that don't.

And in my experience potheads offer you a toke and if you politely refuse, no problem at all. Coke addicts don't want to take no for an answer and insist that everybody should do it, they get so much more done, decisions are faster and better and what the hell is wrong with you if you don't want some?

So, the users are similar too.