For sections of posts that are more about the craft of writing itself instead of ideas (Introduction, Conclusion), having an LLM expand upon a template saves a bunch of time while not really changing the message much.
In my experience, LLMs are pretty good at filling in an argument if you give it a decent amount to work with
In discussions of such things, I would like to request examples of this from folks proposing that AIs are equally good or better at writing than humans. My life as a LW mod is filled with reading slop/bullshit, so flat assertions to the contrary are not persuasive to me.
As I alluded to in this post, my thoughts on LLM writing are multifaceted. I think that LLMs lack the creativity of human writers and are not a substitute for good ideas and a sense of direction. However, I think someone who has a good idea of what they want to write (and a compelling subject to write about) can use LLMs to save considerable amounts of time and also improve their writing on the margins.
Because you asked, I thinkthis recent post of mineis a good example of how LLMs can help with writing. Compared to the baseline of this post (which I think is not particularly well written), the example post is considerably smoother, while also being faithful to the vision I had for the post.
In discussions of such things, I would like to request examples of this from folks proposing that AIs are equally good or better at writing than humans. My life as a LW mod is filled with reading slop/bullshit, so flat assertions to the contrary are not persuasive to me.
As I alluded to in this post, my thoughts on LLM writing are multifaceted. I think that LLMs lack the creativity of human writers and are not a substitute for good ideas and a sense of direction. However, I think someone who has a good idea of what they want to write (and a compelling subject to write about) can use LLMs to save considerable amounts of time and also improve their writing on the margins.
Because you asked, I think this recent post of mine is a good example of how LLMs can help with writing. Compared to the baseline of this post (which I think is not particularly well written), the example post is considerably smoother, while also being faithful to the vision I had for the post.