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What is the greatest tool in human history in your opinion?

I think it's too early to call whether AI is the answer to that question, but I think it could be. Yes, LLMs are terrible in all kinds of ways, but there's clearly something there that's of great value. I use it all day every day as a staff-level engineer, and it's making me much better and faster. I can see glimmers of intelligence there, and if we're on a road that delivers human-level intelligence in the next decade, it's difficult to see what else would qualify as the greatest tool humanity has ever invented.



> What is the greatest tool in human history in your opinion?

Language, fire, writing; in that order.


Even AI mostly agrees with you! ChatGPT suggests:

Language, Writing, and the Scientific Method.




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