Comment by Eisenstein
3 months ago
> Because I'm mostly opposed even to the primary output of LLMs, to begin with, I believe to be somewhat protected from their creators' subliminal messaging. I hope anyway.
Being afraid that you are not solid enough in your own conclusions such that you have to avoid something which might convince you otherwise is not critical thinking, and is in fact the opposite of it.
I agree with you, but your statement doesn't seem to contradict my point. The reason I avoid LLMs is not that I'm too fearful to have my morals tested by their cultural/moral side-channels. The reason I avoid them is that they suck -- they are mostly useless in their primary function. And a convenient / fortunate consequence thereof is that I don't get exposed to those side-channels.