@ben @xs4me2 @lproven @reading_recluse

Exactly that.

Much like what already happens with Google, or indeed, at the library, but in a far more dynamic way.

You don't need to look too far for examples of people settling on the first Google link, or cherry picking news articles either.

I personally believe the main issues are the economic and environmental impact, intellectual property infringement, privacy, and the potential to erode critical thought.

These are huge though, obviously.

@lproven @xs4me2 @reading_recluse

For generating content of any kind, I think there's a reckoning to come. Especially in the 'agentic' space.

But for Information Retrieval, LLMs are great, tbh... I'd argue that also includes those far out stories about prompts leading to new scientific theories, or mathematical proofs.

The tool is a big part of that, but it's the user ('operator'?) that writes the prompts, guides the outcomes, and validates them.

That's a worthy advance.