Rich Hickey: large language models are automation, not tools
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On October 13, Hacker News featured Rich Hickey's argument that large language models are automation rather than tools a person keeps steering. He says a model being useful does not make it a tool. Using coding and reading as examples, he notes that once a user hands a request to the model, the ongoing control and feedback of tool use is gone, along with chances to build skill, follow an argument and discover things on your own. He also warns that habits learned around a model's behavior can break with a software update.
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- Hacker News front page'AI' Is Not a Tool by Rich Hickey
Rich Hickey 主张大语言模型属于自动化，而非由人持续操控的工具，并反对将有用性直接等同于工具属性。他以编码和阅读为例，认为向模型提出请求后交由其执行，缺少工具使用中的持续控制与反馈，也可能使人错过技能积累、论证学习和自主发现。他还指出，围绕模型行为摸索出的使用经验可能随软件更新失效。
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