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This is hilarious because you are criticizing people spending their time tackling hard knowledge issues, but meanwhile the tech that you hail as your savior is a product of that very effort you criticize, and the continued progress of that tech depends on people continuing to plug away at these hard science, math, and physics problems.

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You must have misread me. I'm attacking the romanticization of said labor in the context where it was contrasted with LLM automation, where the former was valued over the latter. Said condemnations of LLMs are not exactly a novel framing in modern discourse, and as you may have surmised, I find these framings tired at best, and on the whole harmful to humanity on the actual merits.

Of course, I applaud the humans doing the hard work to ensure no human has to ever labor again. Apologies if I was unclear on that perspective. I suggest a second look at my reply will however convey this to you.

No, I don’t think NewJazz misread you at all. I find the response appropriate and agree with it. Perhaps you weren’t as clear as you intended to be?

Perhaps, if so I apologize for my lack of clarity. I see ample evidence to the contrary on another re-read of my post, but it seems a silly thing to go back and forth with you on. Ultimately, clarity is in the eye of the beholder. Hopefully you'll find me more convincing next time.

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