Great piece. It may just be the algorithm but it does seem like there’s a recent vibe shift where a new group of people are having a “ohhh this is real” moment that others had a long time ago. Agentic LLMs workflows seem to have a lot to do with it. Others are reacting by digging into their denial.
Gary Lupyan
Adopting a cautiously optimistic perspective on AI, the literary critic and editor Martin Puchner proposes that we share something fundamental with the machines: the use of language. To explore this, he draws on a rich tapestry of theory, literature and life experience in this Essay
Strong resistance to AI among writers is understandable. But it obscures what we share with the machines: language itself
