I'm surprised that (all) these models haven't been export controlled already. Relatively benign software like VMware is export controlled or even hobbyist radio projects have gotten hairy with ITAR.
But a model that can provide general information, research, or source code for most modern technology?
It is really unusual that this is the first notice of this
Sure, but the LLM-isms in AI writing are mentally exhausting to see in every way at this point.
The whole point of reading, frankly, is to understand the voice of other people. When you pass that through a distorted filter that makes everyone sound the same... its bad, lossy, frustrating communication
It's also dishonest. When you publish something that is direct output without your wording. Digital catfishing at best.
The only good AI writing is providing the prompt, because the question is way more interesting, and way more constructive to learning than the answer
The point of writing is to convey an idea to another person or yourself at a future date. Authenticity has nothing to do with it. I frankly do not care about the “authentic voice” of the author of a random blog. I want to know if they have any interesting ideas.
In that case, you can’t achieve that by writing things out by hand. A person could (and many do) use an LLM to generate an idea, then write it in their own voice. Or, they could use an LLM to write out an idea they came up with themselves.
In other words, since the idea generation component can completely independent from the writing component, what you’re asking is not possible in practice.
The only case I would consider this being a misleading part of the statistic would be (1), and that type of usage is probably too rare to be significant.
Multitasking "while watching TV" is probably still harmful. Just focus on the task. For me personally, having the screen there has led to increased anxiousness and loss of my sense of time.
Watching TV with a friend is probably less harmful, but its still "just" sitting in front of that screen with little activity going on.
It does kind of depend what you're watching/listening to, but humans need extended time away from that constant stream of media regardless
I agree that the TV part isn't particularly great itself, but over the years I've had plenty of late nights with TV on ( not as many as with music, which would be my choice if at home) where I can remember conversations had but no memory of what was on the TV
And it also increases the competition! Most of the giant tech companies aren't really making money by having X amount of software. They make their money by having software that is better than their competition, so they can get Y amount of users. But if your product's development is now simplified because AI can reproduce it, you still have to work harder to keep that competitive advantage
As someone who has poorer vision than average, pair programming in person as the observer is almost impossible. Id have to ask the driver constantly for clarification on what they typed or have them increase their text size to something that would be uncomfortable to them.
You raise an interesting and fair point. I "raise you" (poker like) with this challenge: What if you are sitting next to each other with side by side PCs? Your PC can have gigantic "boomer-style" fonts (no hate on that; each year over 40 for me... I swear I need a bigger font!) and your (twenty-something whipper snapper!) teammate can have microscopic 8-point fonts. Do you think the communication will be better face-to-face or over video? I still stand by my original point: Human communication is always better face-to-face compared to video.
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