anti-ai attention dysfunction
In I'm scared people might actually like ChatGPT's writing., sameoldstory wrote:
And those of us who want to write, it's distressing if some people think a robot does it better.
Speak for yourself. As someone who already writes, I don't feel distressed about that. People like you malinvest so much time and effort into deeming LLM writing so good yet so bad. How can you close the gap between where you stand and what you want to do? Could that paradigm shift make you a writer once and for all?
But I also just get mad. This is what people want?! This is crap! Most of this kind of writing doesn't build to anything, doesn't say anything. It doesn't even try to make its paragraph different lengths.
In the words of the almighty Claude, "You're absolutely right!" This is what people like you want. You found it so crappy that you made it float. If it weren't for you, I couldn't write nor publish this reply post, which propagates the influence of ChatGPT's writing ever further. Who will stop you?
Ultimately I just get worried that I'm going to spend the rest of my life running from my least favorite author of all time.
Don't just give me the same old story. Who is your favorite author of all time? Tell me more about them and their work. More broadly, talk to me about writing you enjoy. Showcase other people's writing that builds up, says anything, and varies in paragraph length. Show me that you have better agency than the people having fun with and liking AI-generated content. You won't.