Why people are hooked on LLMs: choice overload, not inability to think
zetalyrae · x · 2026-10-27
- cszabla offers an underexamined take: people's addiction to LLMs stems less from losing the ability to think, and more from being overwhelmed by choice — they want a "definitive" answer handed to them with an aura of "authority/analysis" from training data behind it.
- keithedwards called the observation "bleak"; zetalyrae amplified the thread.
- The insight highlights the psychological pull of LLM products: decision fatigue plus an authority wrapper.
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