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LLM Inevitabilism

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1613 points SwoopsFromAbove | 1 comments | 15 Jul 25 04:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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delichon ◴[15 Jul 25 04:49 UTC] No.44567913[source]▶
If in 2009 you claimed that the dominance of the smartphone was inevitable, it would have been because you were using one and understood its power, not because you were reframing away our free choice for some agenda. In 2025 I don't think you can really be taking advantage of AI to do real work and still see its mass adaptation as evitable. It's coming faster and harder than any tech in history. As scary as that is we can't wish it away.
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p0w3n3d ◴[15 Jul 25 05:17 UTC] No.44568031[source]▶
Back in 1950s nuclear tech was seen as inevitable. Many people had even bought plates made from uranium glass. They still glow somewhere in my parents' cabinet or maybe I broke them
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1. umeshunni ◴[15 Jul 25 17:58 UTC] No.44574020[source]▶
The comparison is apt because nuclear would have been inevitable if it wasn't for doomerism and public opinion turning against it after 3 mile Island / Chernobyl