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Users debate LLM use as tools, impact on authorship and understanding

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A series of Mastodon posts discusses the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) as tools, with varying perspectives on their impact on human authorship and understanding. One user expresses concern that over-reliance on LLMs could diminish humanity, while another notes that LLMs generate content beyond human comprehension. A quote from Lorenzo Stoakes suggests that if humans fully understand contributions, the use of LLMs is less concerning, likening them to compilers. Linus is cited as advocating against strict rules on tool usage, though C++ is mentioned as an exception, leading to a decision to drop "Assisted-by" tags to maintain focus on human authorship. AI

IMPACT Explores the philosophical and practical implications of LLM integration into creative and technical workflows.

RANK_REASON The cluster consists of opinion pieces and discussions about the use of LLMs, rather than a specific event or release.

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COVERAGE [5]

  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · randygalbraith ·

    of an alcoholic. I use tools like text-to-speech to review how my writing sounds. I use spell check, etc. But... overuse of such tools takes away our humanity.

    of an alcoholic. I use tools like text-to-speech to review how my writing sounds. I use spell check, etc. But... overuse of such tools takes away our humanity. My way of expressing myself, grammatical errors and all, is who I am. We must learn to love ourselves and expand outward…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · randygalbraith ·

    I remain confident someone does and with enough energy I too could understand the details. By design LLMs generate tokens beyond the ability of anyone to unders

    I remain confident someone does and with enough energy I too could understand the details. By design LLMs generate tokens beyond the ability of anyone to understand. The vast amount of computation combined with data and probability pushes understanding beyond our reach. Matthew's…

  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · randygalbraith ·

    Lorenzo Stoakes advised "don't send stuff you don't understand." Thus if each contribution is fully understood by the humans involved we need not be overly conc

    Lorenzo Stoakes advised "don't send stuff you don't understand." Thus if each contribution is fully understood by the humans involved we need not be overly concerned a LLM may have been used in the process. Okay, fair enough. Are LLMs merely tools like an editor or compiler? This…

  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · randygalbraith ·

    Being cautious about making moral judgements on tool use by others has merit. Linus makes this comment: 'So no. We're not going to make stupid rules that say "y

    Being cautious about making moral judgements on tool use by others has merit. Linus makes this comment: 'So no. We're not going to make stupid rules that say "you can't use tools for X".' But of course Linux patches do follow rules. As far as I'm aware, C++ has landed in "you can…

  5. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · randygalbraith ·

    For the moment I have decided to avoid engaging with LLMs. However, my thoughts on LLMs continues to evolve. I found this post by Linus on dropping "Assisted-by

    For the moment I have decided to avoid engaging with LLMs. However, my thoughts on LLMs continues to evolve. I found this post by Linus on dropping "Assisted-by" interesting: https:// lkml.org/lkml/2026/10/13/3242 Linus sees LLMs a tool akin to a compiler or editor. Matthew Brost…

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