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profsummergig ◴[11 Apr 25 06:21 UTC] No.43651005[source]▶
Requesting someone to please explain the "coquina" metaphor.
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ern ◴[11 Apr 25 07:16 UTC] No.43651280[source]▶
Maybe I’m not smart enough, or too tired to decode these metaphors, so I plugged the essay into ChatGPT and got a clear explanation from 4o.
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criddell ◴[11 Apr 25 10:55 UTC] No.43652491[source]▶
Are you at all concerned that plugging stuff like this into ChatGPT is leaving you with weaker cognitive muscles? Or is it more similar to what people do when they see a new word and reach for their dictionary?
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adwn ◴[11 Apr 25 11:55 UTC] No.43652812[source]▶
> Are you at all concerned that plugging stuff like this into ChatGPT is leaving you with weaker cognitive muscles?

Couldn't this very same argument have been used against any form of mental augmentation, like written language and computers? Or, in an extended interpretation, against any form of physical augmentation, like tool use?

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criddell ◴[11 Apr 25 13:11 UTC] No.43653365[source]▶
You can argue whatever you want to argue.

I make my living with my brain so I do worry about the downsides of removing boredom and mental struggle from my days.

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1. steve_adams_86 ◴[11 Apr 25 14:39 UTC] No.43654314[source]▶
Me too.

There is another side to this, which is maybe we don’t need to know a lot of things.

It was true with search engines already, but maybe truer with LLMs. That thing you’re querying probably doesn’t actually matter. It’s neurotic digging and searching for an object you will never use or benefit from. The urge to seek is strong but you won’t find the thing you’re searching for this way.

You might learn more by just going for a walk.