Thanks for the thoughtful answer! I'm indeed trying to separate too strong the tool itself from its circumstances of creation and maintenance, I realize.

One question though: the "they" you're referring to are the corporate entities and their management, I assume - is there correct?

Because that's where I agree and why I want to separate people from the tool - LLMs could be an awesome way to support in education and accessibility. So from my perspective you're right and "have it backwards" at the same time: it is not only a hammer, it's a huge opportunity that gets not only wasted but abused thoroughly.

To take your example: We have the foundation for nuclear energy but the people with the most power and influence choose to make a bomb instead.

To explain what I mean with "you got it backwards" from my perspective: LLMs especially in education and accessibility could be a huge boon. I'm working for example with a local model a "bearucracy supporter" that's aimed to help navigate the abysmal and discriminatory way many institutions are set-up around where I live, making life for people really hard if they don't have the education and/or experience to (ab)use such a system.

The same could be done for education - the toolset is perfect for it as it could be easily adjust to a pupils needs and speed - as an addition to the human to human interaction which is absolutely needed.

But instead ... Reality clearly shows that my "could" world and your description are, well, somewhere between wishful thinking and unwarranted optimism from my side - your view is way more grounded in reality.

Your last paragraph reminded me of the invention of the loom and the surrounding industrial revolution - because we had smaller versions of this kind of hammer in the past and ... Well, our track record is not good overall in using these advantages for all humans. "Not good" being an understatement I'm afraid.

Thanks again, you've given me a bit more to think about! Doing thet on my own though :D