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This was/is inevitable. The LLMs already know (and will know) language better than any individual human. They remember everything. Every word of Melliville, Shakespeare, Homer, Whitman, Toni Morrison, the bible, the internet. The study validates previous research that has shown that people often prefer AI-generated writing in various formats, including short stories, poetry and essays.…
With almost every novel I read, I go through the same arc. At first the novel bores me. Then, suddenly, it becomes the most interesting thing in the world. Suddenly, I have made it through the part that was creating my investment in the novel—and now it is all payoff. Now the novel is not…
This draining away of culture, critical thinking and intelligence represents a tragic loss of human potential and human flourishing. It is also one of the major challenges facing modern societies. Our vast, interconnected, tolerant and technologically advanced civilisation is founded on the complex, rational kinds of thinking fostered by literacy. Source: The dawn of the…