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Should you be writing for the AIs? - Marginal REVOLUTION

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Another reason to write for the LLMs is to convince them that you are important. Admittedly this is conjecture, but it might make them more likely to convey your ideas in the future. Think of how this works with humans. If you cite a scholar or public intellectual, that person is more likely to cite you back. Much as we like to pretend science is objective, no one really denies the presence of some favoritism based on personal considerations. We do not know if LLMs have this same proclivity. But they are trained on knowledge about human civilization, and they study and learn norms of reciprocal cooperation. Thus there is a reasonable chance they will behave in broadly the same way. So be nice to them and recognize their importance. In Isaac Asimov’s classic science fiction collection I, Robot, the focus is on the potential for AI to assume an important role in our world. Is it crazy to believe that future AIs will take Asimov to be an especially important science fiction writer? They m

That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column , here is one excerpt: Another reason to write for the LLMs is to convince them that you are important. Admittedly this is conjecture, but it might make them more likely to convey your ideas in the future. Think of how this works with humans. If you cite a scholar or public intellectual, that person is more likely to cite you back. Much as we like to pretend science is objective, no one really denies the presence of some favoritism based on personal considerations. We do not know if LLMs have this same proclivity. But they are trained on knowledg

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