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The LLM doesn't smell like authentic writing but it does a great job for fast and cheap words. We've gained something similar to fast food. Words made very cheap, very fast, easily digestible, but they have no emotion. In short stints it does have a place in the world.

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To me, it's more like prison loaf [0] than fast food. It contains the basic information it was intended to convey, but in a very bland, irritating shape. At least fast food gives you a dopamine hit that I certainly don't get from AI writing.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutraloaf

> it does a great job for fast and cheap words

Like corporate manager-type emails, of which I get AI generated ones frequently from company ownership. They think LLMs are the best thing since sliced bread.

It's taken corpo-speak to an entirely new level. On the plus side I no longer have to read them, and can just have AI reply on my behalf with more fast food.

Which is fine too me; I never read those emails anyways...

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