When "google" became a verb the company celebrated it as a symbol of their market dominance. I think even those of us who are skeptical about LLMs need to recognize that the general public is increasingly turning to LLMs in the same way they turned to search.
"I'll ask chat GPT" is something I hear often. I wince every single time I hear it.
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(This is a discussion of how people relate to technology *not* a request for software recommendations or technical solutions.)