What Aristotle and Socrates can teach us about using generative AI
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Danenberg's most significant and concerning contribution comes from his recent TEDx talk 'Competence in the Age of LLMs,' which focused on competence in the age of large language models (LLMs).
Brain-scan research he presented revealed a troubling pattern: when individuals used LLMs for creative tasks, their brains showed significantly less activity than people who used traditional methods like pencil and paper or even Google search.
Can the use of LLMs erode our ability to gain competence and mastery? Danenberg drew on lessons from Aristotle and Socrates in his TEDx talk to share insights into the future.
LLMs currently excel at being poietic tools, generating "the new" by weaving human knowledge into coherent content, but risk eroding competence if users become passive verifiers rather than active thinkers.
Danenberg argued that we need to move toward peirastic LLMs, models designed not just to provide answers, but to "pressure test" ideas through Socratic dialogue and challenging questions.
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