The anti-intellectualism movement was a thing long before LLMs. Anyone keen to the nuances of LLM shibboleths is probably buying into either intellectualism or anti-intellectualism/pseudo-intellectualism already, as opposed to sitting ambivalently at the sidelines. “Keep it simple, stupid” has been a motto for a long time.
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge’.” - Isaac Asimov (1980)
The anti-intellectualism movement was a thing long before LLMs. Anyone keen to the nuances of LLM shibboleths is probably buying into either intellectualism or anti-intellectualism/pseudo-intellectualism already, as opposed to sitting ambivalently at the sidelines. “Keep it simple, stupid” has been a motto for a long time.
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge’.” - Isaac Asimov (1980)