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Rob Nelson's avatar

Interesting talk, Lance. Thanks. It resonates with my re-reading of Walter Ong's "Writing Is a Technology That Restructures Thought." Using LLMs to write code or essays changes how you think, just like a stylus on papyrus, chalk on a board, fingers on keyboard. Same with reading. It helps to think about these writing technologies across time, and think about how writing changes human activity.

Lance Cummings's avatar

That's a great connection! Part of me wonders if we are heading back towards a more oral modality. I'm definitely seeing more "speech" uses of AI.