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.
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.
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.