The article discusses the profound impact of large language models (LLMs) on human cognitive identity. It highlights how LLMs are more than mere tools or assistants, as they bring into question our dimensional understanding of thought itself. Drawing parallels to Herbert Marcuse's critique of one-dimensional man in the 1960s, it suggests that modern thinking may be diminishing not through ideology, but through comparison with advanced AI. This poses a challenge to humanity’s unique cognitive capacity, necessitating a shift towards thinking from the periphery to thrive alongside AI.
In his book, technological rationality had become an instrument of control, not liberation. It streamlined thought into predictability and functionality, stripping away imagination and dissent.
The danger isn't that we've stopped thinking critically. It's that we now do so in the shadow of minds that think in ways we literally cannot perceive.
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