It was amusing for a moment watching all these logical technical people act like religious fundamentalists about AI, fitting problems to the predetermined solution, but now it’s just upsetting how much the people with no empathy or understanding have decided they should run the world

On the other hand it's got to be better than the shit busy overworked parents show their kids from YouTube or whatever.

This scene from the prescient Wall•E springs to mind:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xToQ4cIHkk&t=60

Biological weapons research seems like a worse use case to be honest.

Agree

I can't imagine a better use case. Having 1 to 1 tutoring has always been a huge advantage for the wealthy and LLMs can allow far more people access to it. One-on-one instruction yields massive learning gains but is prohibitively expensive.

Never read Diamond Age huh?