Thoughts on thinking

Man people are using LLMs much differently from myself. I use it as an answer engine and that’s about where I stop using it. It’s a great tool for research and quick answers but I haven’t found it great for much else.

It’s a faster Google search

That's exactly what I do as well. Sometimes I stumble upon a question that I know I won't find an answer for just by googling, so it's easier to formulate it fully to an AI. In some cases it's like a more convenient search engine, where I'm pretty sure I will get an answer to my question without needing to trick the engine with a good query. Which is rather tedious more often than not.

This is how I use it, as a better google search without SEO spam. I still write everything myself.

In that respect I am not afraid of LLMs making me dumber as I would argue that google search has not made me dumber.