>  I was thinking of the times where I am trying to think through something and having an LLM available to bring up more details very quickly is pretty powerful.

Yes. I think that I see this as equivalent to using an old fashioned screw driver versus a powered one. Neither extends me, but both beat getting the job done with just my fingers. The pro carries both tools?

> It does almost feel like I've been able to expand the size of my memory.

Yeah, except it's not **your** memory, I think? Though honestly, if available (and safe) tomorrow, I'd totes apply for a neuralink with a USB-C port to do backups, offloading and restoring.

"Extension" may have been the wrong word. I was thinking of the times where I am trying to think through something and having an LLM available to bring up more details very quickly is pretty powerful. It does almost feel like I've been able to expand the size of my memory. 

The way the stories can get past our shields is wonderful to me.

Scoresby

In another it becomes something like an extension of yourself that gives you way wider intellectual reach.

Can you elaborate on this? The extension part specifically. How do you envision that?

Asking because as a coder, we often think in terms of separation of concerns and therefore, there is a very clear demarcation where I end and the bot starts for me. I know, I am old-fashioned.

Some reading is done to experience a particular kind of changing of our minds.

This is why I exclusively read SciFi for winding down. It fuels optimism (in all the interpretations haha)

The revenge of the choose your own adventure books

> In another it becomes something like an extension of yourself that gives you way wider intellectual reach.

Can you elaborate on this? The extension part specifically. How do you envision that?

Asking because as a coder, we often think in terms of separation of concerns and therefore, there is a very clear demarcation where I end and the bot starts for me. I know, I am old-fashioned.

>  Some reading is done to experience a particular kind of changing of our minds. 

This is why I exclusively read SciFi for winding down. It fuels optimism (in all the interpretations haha)