The AI Resistance is Forming. (Should You Join?)
Sep 14, 2026 · 1h 12m · YouTube
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0:00So there's a new paper making the rounds.
0:02It's called Large Language Models as a Cognitive Virus.
0:06It's written by a distinguished group of professors from all around the world.
0:10Now, the core argument in this paper is that LLMs, as they spread, are like a virus that is going to change collectively the way that cognition happens.
0:23And these changes could be very negative.
0:26Now, I'm going to be honest with you, when I read this paper, it woke me up.
0:32Because here's what's been going on.
0:33The AI discourse in recent months has really been focused on existential questions.
0:41Questions like, are swarms of AI monsters going to kill us all?
0:46Or questions like, are we just one model update away from LLM-based tools, but able to solve all of our problems and ushering in some sort of digital utopia?
0:57Now, these questions are fun and exciting and frustrating.
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