LLMs Accelerate Information Noise Instead of Boosting Real Productivity
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-07-30
The commentary argues that in deindustrialized, service-oriented Western economies, most work already revolves around information processing and bureaucracy. Introducing LLMs into this context does not create real value but acts as an "accelerator of emptiness."
When generating text, slides, or code becomes nearly free, the outcome isn't producing "better" work, but simply generating more noise. The West has essentially replaced physical factories with convoluted digital bureaucracies.
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