A chatbot for a thought: the flower of evil has bloomed (60 Years Later)

Abstract

This article examines the implications of recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) through the lens of Marshall McLuhan's seminal work Understanding Media. It explores how LLMs outsource language creation, potentially abstracting verbal expression from human cognition, akin to how the phonetic alphabet abstracted thought. Overall, the essay argues McLuhan's foresight into technological extensions provides a framework to navigate the ramifications of LLMs redefining language, communication, and human experience itself