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Comment by godelski

3 hours ago

  > Nontechnical people simply don't have any idea about what LLMs are.

We're on HN, a highly technical corner of the internet, yet we see the same stuff here. It's not just non-technical people...

I think one of the big dangers is that people (including us) are quick to believe "I'm better than that". Yet this is a bias conmen have been exploiting for millennia.

The only real defense is not lulling yourself into a false sense of security. You're less vulnerable (not invincible) by knowing you too can be fooled

Honestly, it's just a good way to go about getting information. There's a famous Feynman quote about it too. The first principle is to not fool yourself, and you're the easiest person to fool