Anxiety Inducing AI

I keep hearing the same thing. The new Large Language Models (like GPT-4) cause anxiety because Fear of job being replaced by LLM’s Fear of AI taking over the world and maybe killing us I don’t think that’s it. I think the anxiety is deeper. It’s existential. Consider, humanity has always been unique in its ability to wield the tool of language. This is our first great invention. This is what’s enabled everything we’ve achieved. Language has been uniquely ours. ...

March 30, 2023 · 2 min