When "google" became a verb the company celebrated it as a symbol of their market dominance.
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When "google" became a verb the company celebrated it as a symbol of their market dominance. I think even those of us who are skeptical about LLMs need to recognize that the general public is increasingly turning to LLMs in the same way they turned to search.
"I'll ask chat GPT" is something I hear often. I wince every single time I hear it.
1/(This is a discussion of how people relate to technology *not* a request for software recommendations or technical solutions.)
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When "google" became a verb the company celebrated it as a symbol of their market dominance. I think even those of us who are skeptical about LLMs need to recognize that the general public is increasingly turning to LLMs in the same way they turned to search.
"I'll ask chat GPT" is something I hear often. I wince every single time I hear it.
1/(This is a discussion of how people relate to technology *not* a request for software recommendations or technical solutions.)
"Let me google that for you."
"RTFM"I've always disliked the hostility of some online communities to repetitive or "basic" questions. It's one of the reasons I don't participate much on "Stack Overflow" where the ethos of hating questions goes deep and interest in enthusiastically sharing and helping people to learn is nearly nonexistent.
It's so extreme that the place simply isn't very active.
Is it so shocking people are turning to LLMs for their "stupid questions?"
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"Let me google that for you."
"RTFM"I've always disliked the hostility of some online communities to repetitive or "basic" questions. It's one of the reasons I don't participate much on "Stack Overflow" where the ethos of hating questions goes deep and interest in enthusiastically sharing and helping people to learn is nearly nonexistent.
It's so extreme that the place simply isn't very active.
Is it so shocking people are turning to LLMs for their "stupid questions?"
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As a teacher I do not say the line "there are no stupid questions" in part because I try to avoid using the word "stupid" but also because it's a lie and everyone knows it. Some questions are better than others.
But here is something I didn't understand until far too late in life:
People ask questions for reasons OTHER than simply obtaining information. A question can be a way to start a conversation. A way to try to find out if you are alone in your confusion.
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As a teacher I do not say the line "there are no stupid questions" in part because I try to avoid using the word "stupid" but also because it's a lie and everyone knows it. Some questions are better than others.
But here is something I didn't understand until far too late in life:
People ask questions for reasons OTHER than simply obtaining information. A question can be a way to start a conversation. A way to try to find out if you are alone in your confusion.
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To make this post in our rather tech-leaning community I know I need to included clarification that I do not want technical solutions. Otherwise I will have a dozen people telling me about kagi, or some other work-around that makes search a little better *for them* ... we won't get to the bottom of why millions of people are "asking chat GPT" if they should wear a coat or not.
And I have had moments where I've been the one saying "RTFM!" I'm not innocent here.
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To make this post in our rather tech-leaning community I know I need to included clarification that I do not want technical solutions. Otherwise I will have a dozen people telling me about kagi, or some other work-around that makes search a little better *for them* ... we won't get to the bottom of why millions of people are "asking chat GPT" if they should wear a coat or not.
And I have had moments where I've been the one saying "RTFM!" I'm not innocent here.
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Sometimes people ask questions because they just want to talk to someone. I want to suggest that this is important and something we should make space for.
I think that's also why there is a lot of nostalgia and love for "shitposting" ... it's just pure human interaction without a lot of judgement. And it would be horrible if we let the LLMs take it from us, right?
Right?
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