We need another “level” here, probably parallel to the others, for when LLMs are used for idea-generation, criticism of outlines, as a discussion partner et cetera. For instance, let’s say I think about countries that are below their potential in some tragic way, like Russia and Iran, countries with loads of cultural capital, educated population, that historically have lots going for them. Then I can ask an LLM “any other countries like that?” and it might mention, say, North Korea, Iraq and Syria, maybe Greece or Turkey or South Italy, with some plausible story attached to them. When I do this interaction with an LLM the end product is going to be colored by it. If I initially intended to talk about how Russia and Iran have been destroyed by some particular forms of authoritarianism, my presentation, hypothesis, or whatever, will likely be modified so I can put Greece and Iraq into the same bucket. This alters my initial thoughts and probably changes my though-generation process into a mold more-or-less shaped by the LLM, “hacking my brain”. When this happen across many posts, it’s likely to make writing homogenized not through writing style, but semantic content.
This example is kinda weak, but I think this is the kind of thing OP is worried about. But I’d be curious to hear stronger examples if anyone can think of them.
We need another “level” here, probably parallel to the others, for when LLMs are used for idea-generation, criticism of outlines, as a discussion partner et cetera. For instance, let’s say I think about countries that are below their potential in some tragic way, like Russia and Iran, countries with loads of cultural capital, educated population, that historically have lots going for them. Then I can ask an LLM “any other countries like that?” and it might mention, say, North Korea, Iraq and Syria, maybe Greece or Turkey or South Italy, with some plausible story attached to them. When I do this interaction with an LLM the end product is going to be colored by it. If I initially intended to talk about how Russia and Iran have been destroyed by some particular forms of authoritarianism, my presentation, hypothesis, or whatever, will likely be modified so I can put Greece and Iraq into the same bucket. This alters my initial thoughts and probably changes my though-generation process into a mold more-or-less shaped by the LLM, “hacking my brain”. When this happen across many posts, it’s likely to make writing homogenized not through writing style, but semantic content.
This example is kinda weak, but I think this is the kind of thing OP is worried about. But I’d be curious to hear stronger examples if anyone can think of them.