LLMs Negate the 2010s Archetype of the 'Expert' Built on Verbal Fluency
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-08-11
The author points out the irony that Large Language Models (LLMs) are effectively dismantling the 2010s archetype of the "expert."
Historically, particularly around 2020, the role of the expert often relied less on raw expertise and more on verbal fluency around expert-sounding jargon (like "trust the science"). This fluency served to discourage deep, independent public thinking about complex decisions.
Now, LLMs can replicate this seemingly authoritative verbal fluency at massive scale, exposing and disrupting the old paradigm.
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