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> What is ranked as “top” is ultimately influenced by the priorities of the LLM's shareholders [123, 125].

As if that's anything new. There's the adage that's older than electronics, that freedom of the press is freedom for those who can afford to own a printing press.

> However, this convenience came at a cognitive cost, diminishing users' inclination to critically evaluate the LLM's output or ”opinions” (probabilistic answers based on the training datasets).

Reminds me of Plato's concern about reading and writing dulling your mind. (I think he had his sock puppet Socrates express the concern. But I could be wrong.)

parent eru 1 year ago

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