answers are now insanely cheap
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answers are now insanely cheap
The alternate explanation, which I'm partial to, is this. In the prev eras it's only the richest and influential people who could instantly find someone else to answer their questions. Now it's available to anyone.
We've supercharged the "search" function, to get more information, which reduces the need for "process" fu... See more
rohitx.comThe problem with language models is that while they are very good at giving you the information you want, they don’t tell you what to look for in the first place. You have to figure that out yourself, and you have to learn how to be good at asking for it. This is the metaskill that has become crucial over the last few decades, when our access to in... See more
Kasra • Reading and writing in the age of language models
But the trend is clear: answers to even very hard questions are becoming cheaper and cheaper and cheaper. Which means the ability to ask them is getting more and more and more valuable.
In other words, the cheaper Grossmann becomes, the more valuable Einstein becomes.
In other words, the cheaper Grossmann becomes, the more valuable Einstein becomes.