My draft for “Loneliness, 3” is currently sitting at 2,600 words. It hasn’t been as hard to write as “Loneliness, 2“, this time around I only redid the intro once. Nonetheless, I haven’t touched it in a few months. The why of it all is complicated, as usual, but one not-insignificant chunk is that I’m starting to doubt my approach. I never expected to find a “magic passphrase” to got people to understand my arguments immediately, but since starting the “Loneliness” series I’ve spent more time with people who love and defend LLMs. The additional evidence and experience suggests that series is shouting into a black hole.

I don’t want to give up on it, but taking a break from it might help get me typing again. Besides, I think I can convince you LLMs should not code. [Read more…]