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2025-11-22 14:33 UTC
@ngaylinn@tech.lgbt I guess one way to get the point across is to compare it to pharmaceutical drugs: just because one might study opioids for painkiller purposes doesn't mean that one feels the need to inject heroin directly into one's veins. Even if one might take Tylenol to deal with a migraine, there is a line one wouldn't cross.
And a pharmacist would be fully justified in refusing to take heroin, no matter how much someone else talks about how good it feels to use.
That *might* backfire, because LLMs are not necessarily heroin, but the general idea is that "I have heard heroin is bad - I do not necessarily need to do my own research using it to believe that to be true.".
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@su_liam@mas.to 2025-11-22 18:51
@AT1ST@mstdn.ca @ngaylinn@tech.lgbt The difference between opiates and LLMs, is that there are use cases that fully justify the hazards of opiates. Best case, LLM use will only produce fluff in exchange for converting a lot of energy into heat. A better analogy is studying the effects of mercury while refusing to drink down that vial of methyl mercury.