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not_maz

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    Comment #44083618

    Paul Graham is a good writer. He's not an elite-tier writer's writer like "the dead guy" who's not actually dead, but he's still better than 99% of business executives, and he's be…

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    Comment #44083600

    Paul’s style of removing all friction might help the concepts slide smoothly into one’s brain, but as antirez points out, they’re less likely to stick. That's fine. The ideas trans…

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    Comment #44083584

    Paul Graham is a very good writer, but one of the things I admire most about him is that, when he happens upon a truly excellent writer, he doesn't show the jealousy for which writ…

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    Comment #44076911

    What's worse is that it can sometimes (but not always) read through your anti-bias prompts. "No, I want your honest opinion." "It's awesome." "I'm going to invest $250,000 into thi…

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    Comment #44076899

    I know the answer and I hate it. AIs are inferior to humans at their best, but superior to humans as they actually behave in society, due to decision fatigue and other constraints.…

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    Comment #44076789

    I found an absolutely fascinating analysis on precisely this topic by an AI researcher who's also a writer: https://archive.ph/jgam4 LLMs can generate convincing editorial letters …