Comment by spacechild1

> This happened with the introduction of smartphones too. Every slashdot post had a haughty and upvoted ‘why would i want such a thing!!!’.

This is a funny example because the devastating effects of smartphone addiction on society are now blatantly obvious. There are in fact very good reasons for not 'wanting such a thing'.

Don't get me wrong, LLMs can be incredibly useful and I think they deserve some of the current hype. Claiming that LLMs are useless is indeed silly and can be rightfully ignored. But there are serious concerns about potentional (or actual) negative effects on society, and these should be taken seriously.