🧠 New paper: LLMs spread like viruses, not memes
Researchers argue LLMs don't just spread ideas, they spread themselves, embedding into cognition and culture in ways no meme ever could.
The viral framing isn't pejorative. It's a model: users move from uncoupled to persistently coupled states. Think dependency, not infection.
Humanities catching things the benchmarks miss.
arXiv.org
Large-Language Models as a Cognitive Virus
Large-language models (LLMs) are rapidly becoming part of human culture, reshaping how information is produced, transmitted, and used. Here we propose that their diffusion can be understood...
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