Large language models are cultural technologies. What might that mean? Four different perspectives

“Hence, we should treat ( #LLMs) not as #agentic #intelligences, but as “powerful new #culturaltechnologies, analogous to earlier #technologies like writing, print, libraries, internet search and even #language itself.” www.programmablemutter.com/p/large-lang... #AI

If @alisongopnik.bsky.social is right and #LLMs aren’t nascent intelligences, but #CulturalTechnologies then maybe #Chat is the wrong #UX mechanism for accessing them