Some People are Large Language Models
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The problem is that it is completely false. It attributes some sort of mysticism to language that it has some inherent value, when the people saying the correct sequence of words to get the outcomes they want have a better understanding of language and it's usefulness. Saying words, without trying to gain an outcome from them, is just noise. Words are for programming people and now computers through LLMs.
There are witches, who do mean to cast a spell over you
And there are midwitches, who are just repeating a spell they've heard without understanding.
Yes, some people do mean words are magic spells. If you don't want to watch the full video, FF to somewhere in the middle, and listen to the guest speaker speak with intention. There is a difference. People that choose to ignore it, are allowing others to have power. Words do have power. But, be careful. I had to find this woman. There are more people on this topic than there used to be, and some of them take a wrong turn.
https://youtu.be/UHXxqbWoXH8
I see what you're saying, but I think "gain" can be interpreted less broadly. Language for communicating is technically a "gain" but is clearly different from trying to manipulate people into specific outcomes by calling them an -ism.
Words are just sounds that have representations of things. They work uncomfortably close to magic spells.