The difference so far is that these LLMs are owned by corporations, and very aggressive American corporations at that.
So now you are essentially reliant on them.
Not saying that this is something new, but times they are a changin
So now you are essentially reliant on them.
Not saying that this is something new, but times they are a changin
Do you hear yourself? If you don't want to rely on corporations go live in the woods.
Now, many will argue that you wouldn't have poured in time and energy in that endeavour anyways, so it's fine. But the crucial part missing here is the effort. We're about to witness the side effects of societal-wide reliance on LLM's, the same way we're still paying the price for the social media boom, misinformation, propaganda, echo-chambers and algorithmic bubbles.
Notice that none of the above actually invented misinformation, etc. they just magnified an existing problem. LLM's magnify the need to "get it done, fast" but I don't see the engineering excellence everyone promised me that I'll see at any level.