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At this point, I assume that any pro-AI writing that's over about 200 words is "AI assisted" writing. I've seen it internally at work, and it's a fascinating topic on its own. LLMs have a way of hooking people by writing in a way that seems intelligent, engaging, and clever to them, but it's highly personalized. The effect doesn't seem to generalize past the initial reader.
I wish I had the resources to do a study where the test subject read content generated for them, vs shoulder surfing somebody else who was generating content based on the same topics.
What confuses me is just how this hooks anybody. I can barely stand to read it for more than a paragraph or two. Setting aside all other disagreements about AI, it's horrible just on the aesthetic level. These machines simply cannot write.
I think there’s a category of person who finds the experience of talking with the llm deeply compelling.
Using it to write an essay and sharing it feels like the equivalent of a friend who told you a story you’re trying to repeat elsewhere. It’s likely deeply uninteresting to everyone. In the same way it’s assuming the experience of making it will feel the same as reading it. It’s just repeating a conversation though at best.
Are these the equivalent of excitedly telling someone about your level 14 elf ranger? There are whole categories of activity that can feel deeply compelling while you're doing them, but are impossible to interestingly convey to others.
Though I have to confess that I myself don't find talking to an LLM compelling, even solo. It never feels insightful. It feels like endless regurgitated oatmeal, to me. Still, maybe some people enjoy that?
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