I agree with you that an open-source ecosystem around LLM’s is better than a closed corporate one but my argument is that having such an ecosystem eliminates the lesser of the risks surrounding LLMs.
My contention here is that an open-source environment prevents control of the technology by a small handful of companies but it does not change the relationship between the worker and the LLM, which is the bigger problem.
LLM’s abstract reasoning, there is no higher function that a human can fall back to, they are there for purely substitutive with no replacement or complements. Because of this even a single-proprietorship faces intense labor alienation as a result of using the tool.
To be clear; the genie is out of the bottle. We have no way to go back, and that is horrifying. We are all actively watching entire fields die overnight and it’s not likely to stop any time soon. Every day I mourn another dead craft and I will likely continue doing so until most knowledge work is replaced.
But the elephant in the room here is that the way LLMs are used is just a symptom of the underlying problem. And that’s where the focus needs to be ultimately. However, until that problem can be solved, surrendering these new tools to capitalists would be absurd. There is already a power imbalance, and it would only get worse if we reject technology which the ruling class embraces.
I agree with you that an open-source ecosystem around LLM’s is better than a closed corporate one but my argument is that having such an ecosystem eliminates the lesser of the risks surrounding LLMs.
My contention here is that an open-source environment prevents control of the technology by a small handful of companies but it does not change the relationship between the worker and the LLM, which is the bigger problem.
LLM’s abstract reasoning, there is no higher function that a human can fall back to, they are there for purely substitutive with no replacement or complements. Because of this even a single-proprietorship faces intense labor alienation as a result of using the tool.
To be clear; the genie is out of the bottle. We have no way to go back, and that is horrifying. We are all actively watching entire fields die overnight and it’s not likely to stop any time soon. Every day I mourn another dead craft and I will likely continue doing so until most knowledge work is replaced.
But the elephant in the room here is that the way LLMs are used is just a symptom of the underlying problem. And that’s where the focus needs to be ultimately. However, until that problem can be solved, surrendering these new tools to capitalists would be absurd. There is already a power imbalance, and it would only get worse if we reject technology which the ruling class embraces.