The End of an Era
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The End of an Era
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#2I think I saw an em dash in there, guys!
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#3Deleted because I realised I am not in the mood to argue with people who don’t read; don’t make an effort to understand an argument; or make shallow dismissals thinking they consist in any way of a valid point. There are more important things to worry about than internet randos (and that includes me, if you’re offended).
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#4LLMs are writing as well as humans for people who think writing words is the goal. Printing presses also write words better than humans. LLMs are solving the problem one layer higher than printing presses, but still several layers down from the top.
Note that LLMs aren't useless, since they have other strengths which can make them equal or better than humans in certain applications. For instance, they can tirelessly review code for silly mistakes, making them useful in cybersecurity.
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#5Is the AI that writes "about as well as humans" in the room with us right now?
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#6Anyone have a mirror, the site seems to be down?
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#7LLMs are writing as well as humans for people who think writing words is the goal. Printing presses also write words better than humans. LLMs are solving the problem one layer higher than printing presses, but still several layers down from the top. Note that LLMs aren't useless, since they have other strengths which can make them equal or better than humans in certain applications. For instance, they can tirelessly…
Huh that is an interesting metaphor. A next higher layer printing press?
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#8Anyone have a mirror, the site seems to be down?
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#9Is the AI that writes "about as well as humans" in the room with us right now?
Did you stop reading at the em-dash?
> Artificial Intelligence is writing about as well as humans — at least well enough to cause confusion and speculation
No matter your opinion on AI writing, this is just a fact.
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#10This is a well-known author, but how come he thinks AI is better at writing? AI writing makes me vomit.
Also, I think he's too enthusiastic about the future of readers. In my opinion, reading books will be a very rare hobby pretty soon. The decline started more than 10 years ago.