llms can't output "writing" that's genuinely readable, even about technical stuff, even when it has 100% human-generated context fed to it
there's an emptiness to it. it feels both hollow and slippery. it lacks direction. you can't find purchase; the mind wanders
it feels like having a concussion
I'm attending a digital humanities event in Montreal. There was a keynote on AI and something about the talk made me wonder if it had been written by Claude. I said as much in the Q&A. As I posed the question, the speaker shifted, looking slightly uncomfortable. What he said next shocked the room +