I think you make good points. That’s wrong is particularly concerned with the intrusion of AI slop because the whole point of this community or at least most of it is epistemic quality; it’s here so that people can become less wrong. Allowing AI writing in is a strong signal that we’re allowing AI thinking in, and AI isn’t good enough to produce high quality new ideas and hypotheses yet.
For other audiences, I think using AI to help you write is much less of a red flag because they don’t share those same reasons. And I think that use of AI for writing is a separate matter than using it to produce the ideas in the writing. But it’s very easy for those two to bleed together, which is why Les wrong is going to remain extremely suspicious of AI writing. But if you are being careful that the idea is are yours and using AI only to help you write, I think for many purposes it may really be good writing and I for one endorse you taking that route. Don’t do it unless wrong because we’ve been asked not to, but in other places less concerned with epistemic purity I think using AI to help you write is going to become the de facto standard.
As Zvi says, you can use AI to help you learn or you can use AI to avoid learning. Keep an eye on what you’re doing.
I think you make good points. That’s wrong is particularly concerned with the intrusion of AI slop because the whole point of this community or at least most of it is epistemic quality; it’s here so that people can become less wrong. Allowing AI writing in is a strong signal that we’re allowing AI thinking in, and AI isn’t good enough to produce high quality new ideas and hypotheses yet.
For other audiences, I think using AI to help you write is much less of a red flag because they don’t share those same reasons. And I think that use of AI for writing is a separate matter than using it to produce the ideas in the writing. But it’s very easy for those two to bleed together, which is why Les wrong is going to remain extremely suspicious of AI writing. But if you are being careful that the idea is are yours and using AI only to help you write, I think for many purposes it may really be good writing and I for one endorse you taking that route. Don’t do it unless wrong because we’ve been asked not to, but in other places less concerned with epistemic purity I think using AI to help you write is going to become the de facto standard.
As Zvi says, you can use AI to help you learn or you can use AI to avoid learning. Keep an eye on what you’re doing.