Writing here, for me, means exposing myself to people who have a more established worldview than mine.
What I think is, “They have a broad context that I’m unfamiliar with, a well-read and understood bibliography, and of course, limited time, like everyone else.”
Are my comments a waste of people’s time? That’s what I’m wondering as I write this.
I like to brainstorm. I get up in the morning, and before going to work, before showering, I open a Learning Link (LLm), usually a Gemini, who’s more of a flatterer and lets me explore ideas more freely. I tell them, “Tell me something that’s unresolved, and I’ll give you the solution in a sentence.” It’s clear I’m not capable of solving most of the problems they present, but the process of debating with the LLm expands my knowledge on the subject. Sometimes, during the discussion, I think, “That’s a good idea,” and I leave the flattering Gemini behind. I ask Chatgpt, whom I’ve “trained” to always find flaws. I pass it on to Copilot, to Claude. They all try to steer me toward what already exists. I reply, “No! That’s not what I’m proposing. What I’m proposing is better and it has to work” (even though I don’t have the training to know if what I’m thinking is based on something real or not). I think that since I started using LLM, I’m constantly thinking about paths, about learning things, about writing them down..
Lesswrong is a bit of a different animal, though, most people here are kind in arguments. I think the worst outcome for commenting is getting ignored (and better is being argued with). There’s of course the worst worst outcome of everything you’re writing being heavily downvoted, but that’s usually for:
Obviously LLM slop
Being very socially unaware and dishonest(?)/ biased-but-unaware(?)
A useful skill here is “being aware of what you’re denying about yourself or your experience” (aka eating the shadow) so you can be very honest with yourself. Your LLM scaffold can do part of this (your chatGPT version), but it’ll miss things for sure.
Writing here, for me, means exposing myself to people who have a more established worldview than mine.
What I think is, “They have a broad context that I’m unfamiliar with, a well-read and understood bibliography, and of course, limited time, like everyone else.”
Are my comments a waste of people’s time? That’s what I’m wondering as I write this.
I like to brainstorm. I get up in the morning, and before going to work, before showering, I open a Learning Link (LLm), usually a Gemini, who’s more of a flatterer and lets me explore ideas more freely. I tell them, “Tell me something that’s unresolved, and I’ll give you the solution in a sentence.” It’s clear I’m not capable of solving most of the problems they present, but the process of debating with the LLm expands my knowledge on the subject. Sometimes, during the discussion, I think, “That’s a good idea,” and I leave the flattering Gemini behind. I ask Chatgpt, whom I’ve “trained” to always find flaws. I pass it on to Copilot, to Claude. They all try to steer me toward what already exists. I reply, “No! That’s not what I’m proposing. What I’m proposing is better and it has to work” (even though I don’t have the training to know if what I’m thinking is based on something real or not). I think that since I started using LLM, I’m constantly thinking about paths, about learning things, about writing them down..
You can also make a substack and publish there.
Lesswrong is a bit of a different animal, though, most people here are kind in arguments. I think the worst outcome for commenting is getting ignored (and better is being argued with). There’s of course the worst worst outcome of everything you’re writing being heavily downvoted, but that’s usually for:
Obviously LLM slop
Being very socially unaware and dishonest(?)/ biased-but-unaware(?)
A useful skill here is “being aware of what you’re denying about yourself or your experience” (aka eating the shadow) so you can be very honest with yourself. Your LLM scaffold can do part of this (your chatGPT version), but it’ll miss things for sure.