I think you might be underestimating the level of insecurity in the average adult ("I only used AI to refine my own thoughts...", "I only used AI to correct my typos...").
I dream of the day we can come up with good OSS printer firmware as a society. I know it has been discussed to death (as to why it can't happen), but the heart wants what the heart wants.
I recently bought an ergonomic mouse after minor signs of Carpel Tunnel after years of using a trackpad as my primary navigation device. I was missing the smooth scroll of the trackpad, and this tiny piece of software is able to solve this somehow. Apple should really make the Pro MacBook not need tiny QoL additions like this, but I'm glad it is at least an option.
I generally agree with this reasoning, but your example could use some scaling down to convince a reader.
1 cent cheaper would net Sony a total of 500K USD for all PS5 units sold till date. So about a hundred PS5 units at retail as pure profit. A company of the size of Sony for a product of the scale of PS5 would absolutely forego that profit if the alternative offered any tangible benefits at all.
I don’t think LLMs have theory of mind, but your point is not very strong. You can literally query ChatGPT right now and see that it can figure out intentions (both superficial and deep) of a gun is held to a head quite easily.
Because, obviously, training data probably includes a decent amount of motivation breakdowns as a function of coercion.
The valuation gap between that Tesla and this Tesla would wipe the company out. Fuel (however good) is a commodity, and a commodity company which doesn't own its raw materials is not a trillion dollar company.