I think it’s important to acknowledge that part of the reason we all hate LLM writing is that we hate LLMs. There has got to be some motivated reasoning involved. I agree with many of the critiques but not to the same degree after correcting for this.
Also, current-gen AIs will write like whatever you want them to, if you keep reminding them. I haven’t experimented with this a lot, but I do a little co-created fiction just for fun. While they have a default voice, they can change it on request. Even better if you give them writing samples to imitate, which I’ve barely tried.
This is in some part an extension of the “AI will never take MY job!” trope from those who can pretend AI isn’t constantly progressing. The best human writers still beat it, particularly when there’s little effort to make it better. But that’s very likely a hurdle not a wall.
Please don’t lynch me; I don’t like it or use it, either. But it’s not as bad or as static as all that. And like life, that status ain’t nohow permanent.
I think it’s important to acknowledge that part of the reason we all hate LLM writing is that we hate LLMs. There has got to be some motivated reasoning involved. I agree with many of the critiques but not to the same degree after correcting for this.
Also, current-gen AIs will write like whatever you want them to, if you keep reminding them. I haven’t experimented with this a lot, but I do a little co-created fiction just for fun. While they have a default voice, they can change it on request. Even better if you give them writing samples to imitate, which I’ve barely tried.
This is in some part an extension of the “AI will never take MY job!” trope from those who can pretend AI isn’t constantly progressing. The best human writers still beat it, particularly when there’s little effort to make it better. But that’s very likely a hurdle not a wall.
Please don’t lynch me; I don’t like it or use it, either. But it’s not as bad or as static as all that. And like life, that status ain’t nohow permanent.
On this note I’ve been eagerly awaiting the announcement of the winners of the recently-concluded Unslop Prize.