Reading this I'm drawn to the idea that, if LLMs are so attractive to us as a productivity boost, and if they do that by synthesizing gobs of similar human output, then we have been asking humans too much for the same output as one another and we're still doing it. Finally, a tool: I no longer have to be the automaton. That's a blessing and an indictment.

I don't know if I'll feel the same way tomorrow; just thought it was a perspective worth sharing.