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Note on 18th September 2026

Blog · Watch/Read · (gathered 2026-09-23)

  • Simon Willison argues that it’s increasingly difficult for computer scientists to genuinely disregard or refuse to find LLMs interesting, even if skeptical.
  • He frames this by comparing such a computer scientist to a “skeptical geneticist” dismissing the recently opened Jurassic Park as “just frog DNA” and a marketing stunt involving people-eating.
  • The implicit takeaway is that despite potential criticisms or perceived hype, LLMs represent a development too significant for computer scientists to ignore.