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LLM denialists compared to climate change deniers for using similar tactics

The author draws a parallel between LLM denialists and climate change deniers, suggesting both groups employ similar tactics. These tactics include presenting an argument, ignoring rebuttals, and shifting to new topics or revisiting old ones without addressing counterpoints. The piece highlights examples of these arguments concerning AI's quality, water usage, coding efficiency, and investment capital. AI

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LLM denialists compared to climate change deniers for using similar tactics

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    LLM denialists are like Climate denialists: they offer an argument, call it A; you rebut it; without acknowledging the rebuttal, they move on to topic B, then C

    LLM denialists are like Climate denialists: they offer an argument, call it A; you rebut it; without acknowledging the rebuttal, they move on to topic B, then C, then back to A again eg LLM denialists: slop !! everyone: yes, AI was bad but the people who make AI have worked reall…