Seems like a mistake! Agree it’s not uncommon to use them less, though my guess (with like 60% confidence) is that the majority of authors on LW use them daily, or very close to daily.
Prolly less than 60%. I think you’re overestimating how LLM-pilled the overall LW userbase is (even filtering for people who publish posts). But, my guess is like 25-45% tho.
I would strongly bet against majority using AI tools ~daily (off the top of my head: <40% with 80% confidence?): adoption of any new tool is just much slower than people would predict, plus the LW team is liable to vastly overpredict this since you’re from California.
That said, there are some difficulties with how to operationalize this question, e.g. I know some particularly prolific LW posters (like Zvi) use AI.
I also use them rarely, fwiw. Maybe I’m missing some more productive use, but I’ve experimented a decent amount and have yet to find a way to make regular use even neutral (much less helpful) for my thinking or writing.
FWIW I think it’s not uncommon for people to not use LLMs daily (e.g. I don’t).
Seems like a mistake! Agree it’s not uncommon to use them less, though my guess (with like 60% confidence) is that the majority of authors on LW use them daily, or very close to daily.
Consider the reaction my comment from three months ago got.
Prolly less than 60%. I think you’re overestimating how LLM-pilled the overall LW userbase is (even filtering for people who publish posts). But, my guess is like 25-45% tho.
I would strongly bet against majority using AI tools ~daily (off the top of my head: <40% with 80% confidence?): adoption of any new tool is just much slower than people would predict, plus the LW team is liable to vastly overpredict this since you’re from California.
That said, there are some difficulties with how to operationalize this question, e.g. I know some particularly prolific LW posters (like Zvi) use AI.
I also use them rarely, fwiw. Maybe I’m missing some more productive use, but I’ve experimented a decent amount and have yet to find a way to make regular use even neutral (much less helpful) for my thinking or writing.
I enjoyed reading Nicholas Carlini and Jeff Kaufman write about how they use them, if you’re looking for inspiration.
Thanks; it makes sense that use cases like these would benefit, I just rarely have similar ones when thinking or writing.