The author argues that Large Language Models (LLMs) are fundamentally a scam, asserting that users, not the AI, provide the true value through their labor and knowledge. They contend that prompts are compressed packages of human experience and expertise, and users are effectively paying for the privilege of feeding their own work into the models. This system, the author claims, unfairly charges users for output, penalizing competence and turning engineers into the product rather than the customer. AI
IMPACT Challenges the conventional view of LLMs as tools, suggesting a re-evaluation of value and compensation in AI interactions.
RANK_REASON Opinion piece from a single source arguing a contrarian viewpoint on LLM value proposition.
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