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LLM Inevitabilism

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1616 points SwoopsFromAbove | 2 comments | 15 Jul 25 04:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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JimmaDaRustla ◴[15 Jul 25 13:50 UTC] No.44571157[source]▶
The author seems to imply that the "framing" of an argument is done so in bad faith in order to win an argument but only provides one-line quotes where there is no contextual argument.

This tactic by the author is a straw-man argument - he's framing the position of tech leaders and our acceptance of it as the reason AI exists, instead of being honest, which is that they were simply right in their predictions: AI was inevitable.

The IT industry is full of pride and arrogance. We deny the power of AI and LLMs. I think that's fair, I welcome the pushback. But the real word the IT crowd needs to learn is "denialism" - if you still don't see how LLMs is changing our entire industry, you haven't been paying attention.

Edit: Lots of denialists using false dichotomy arguments that my opinion is invalid because I'm not producing examples and proof. I guess I'll just leave this: https://tools.simonwillison.net/

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1. raincole ◴[15 Jul 25 14:50 UTC] No.44571731[source]▶
The usual argument is that the tech leaders are saying that only because they've invested in AI.

...Like, you don't say? If one truly believes AI is inevitable than of course they're going to put money in AI.

I wonder how many people who claim we're in an AI bubble actually short AI stocks and $NVDA. Or they'd just stutter "uh you know the market can stay irrational longer than we can stay solvent..." when asked.

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2. tartoran ◴[15 Jul 25 15:48 UTC] No.44572390[source]▶
There's no doubt that LLMs are useful and will generate some productivity. The hype raises them to the silver bullet tech though. This inevitably creates a bubble that it will pop at some point. People who see signs of bubble don't short because they are lacking on details as to when exactly this will happen.