https://x.com/_dave__white_/status/1947461492783386827

dave is one of the ppl i know who used llms a lot to refine ideas

does anyone think current pace of growth is like net-beneficial

feels like linear growth in capabilities would have been much better for our psyches

instead we're in a world where ppl run into llm induced psychosis and our brains can't keep up

I think this type of post is the canary in the coal mine for (primarily but not exclusively) men’s mental health and, by proxy, relative global stability. 

Men are identified, categorized, and valued according to what they “do”. In effect, “what men do” helps everyone decide “who they are”. 

Men’s job are usually the main signifier of this, but their “productive” hobbies also play a big role in this legibilizing of themselves to the mirror and other people. 

LLMs already gut the bottom 50% of all “doers” sense of self and they’re steadily creeping up the self-actualization stack. 

Combine this with the fact that every major conflict and revolution was started by out of work, purposeless young men and it doesn’t bode well.