This view of people seems… idealistic, given the number of people who uncritically look to Facebook or Reddit for information (and then happily parrot whatever memes they find) and the number of LLMs that do the same.
I think people are substantially worse at figuring out what is “good” data, and I think a huge number of people are/are starting to nominate LLMs as those “authority figures”. And, given that, I think there is a low ceiling for the creators of these tools to clear to make them appealing to users.
> a huge number of people are starting to nominate LLMs as those "authority figures"
When LLMs started to go mainstream I said I was not afraid of AI, but was afraid of (unwise) people with AI. This phenomenon is what I foresaw.
The worst thinkers are the ones most hungry to outsource their decision making.
The fact that LLM output requires good judgement by the recipient to filter the wheat from the chaff, and those with poor judgement skills are most likely to lean on decision tools makes for a potentially volatile situation.
I think people are substantially worse at figuring out what is “good” data, and I think a huge number of people are/are starting to nominate LLMs as those “authority figures”. And, given that, I think there is a low ceiling for the creators of these tools to clear to make them appealing to users.