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I have been calling it an algorithmic tool. I like @emilymbender suggestion to reference it as automation.
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Automation has always displaced labor. LLM tools that help ESL students identify grammatical hiccups in their papers are *useful*. LLM tools that help me brainstorm a βhow toβ document for undergraduates are *useful* especially when they remind me of things Iβd forgotten to include. (Too close to the material: remembering what you used to not know is hard.) In a sweeping generalization, almost all tools have Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde characteristics. |
@kegill @Gargron @emilymbender most automation is useful, designed to be productive e.g. combine harvesters, or kitchen mixers.
LLMs are not designed to be productive, they are just producing plausible sounding text. Calling them automation is a disservice to actual automation.