Thanks for the thoughtful answer! I’m indeed trying to separate too strong the tool itself from its circumstances of creation and maintenance, I realize.

One question though: the “they” you’re referring to are the corporate entities and their management, I assume - is there correct?

Because that’s where I agree and why I want to separate people from the tool - LLMs could be an awesome way to support in education and accessibility. So from my perspective you’re right and “have it backwards” at the same time: it is not only a hammer, it’s a huge opportunity that gets not only wasted but abused thoroughly.

To take your example: We have the foundation for nuclear energy but the people with the most power and influence choose to make a bomb instead.

To explain what I mean with “you got it backwards” from my perspective: LLMs especially in education and accessibility could be a huge boon. I’m working for example with a local model a “bearucracy supporter” that’s aimed to help navigate the abysmal and discriminatory way many institutions are set-up around where I live, making life for people really hard if they don’t have the education and/or experience to (ab)use such a system.

The same could be done for education - the toolset is perfect for it as it could be easily adjust to a pupils needs and speed - as an addition to the human to human interaction which is absolutely needed.

But instead … Reality clearly shows that my “could” world and your description are, well, somewhere between wishful thinking and unwarranted optimism from my side - your view is way more grounded in reality.

Your last paragraph reminded me of the invention of the loom and the surrounding industrial revolution - because we had smaller versions of this kind of hammer in the past and … Well, our track record is not good overall in using these advantages for all humans. “Not good” being an understatement I’m afraid.

Thanks again, you’ve given me a bit more to think about! Doing thet on my own though :D