> But I do think there will be an effort to cut costs by switching work loads to cheaper models, resulting in the gradual enshittification of LLM tools along with everything else in our declining dollar economy.
A really funny thing here is that Claude Code itself is a testament to this. That software itself is vibecode piece of shit. Authors opencode always making fun of it. Good example I saw from today
https://x.com/mitsuhiko/status/2017013708577272147> StackOverflow’s traffic has declined to 10% of where it was only 5 years ago.
This is a great point. StackOverflow's death is poisoning the well. We need something like StackOverflow in order for these tools to continue getting better.
> At first glance, LLMs seem like an ideally convivial tool ... The trajectory of the LLM society is decisively anti-convivial.
Great insight, well articulated.
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In general, great article. Thanks for writing it. Much to think about.