Comment by throwaway1004

Very interesting, cognitive atrophy is a serious concern that is simply being handwaved away. Assuming the apparent trend of diminishing returns continues, and LLMs retain the same abilities and limitations we see today, there's a considerable chance that they will eventually achieve the same poor reputation as smartphones and "iPad kids". "Chewing gum for the mind".

Children increasingly speak in a dialect I can only describe as "YouTube voice", it's horrifying to imagine a generation of humans adopting any of the stereotypical properties of LLM reasoning and argumentation. The most insidious part is how the big player models react when one comes within range of a topic it considers unworthy or unsafe for discussion. The thought of humans being in any way conditioned to become such brick walls is frightening.