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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject An AI-written cover letterreads as slop to the personreceiving fifty of them, so… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 Mass AI-written outreach fails on its own terms: playing the same numbers game as everyone else adds to the noise you then drown in. Mass AI-writtenoutreach fails on its… GO Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-08-27 One reliable tell of AI writing is excessively colorful verbs where a normal person would use a plain one. One reliable tell of AIwriting is excessively… PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-08-19 AI-written prose is an inferior read because a model emits a statistical average -- code's audience is a machine, writing's audience is people. AI-written prose is aninferior read because a… GO Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-01 He was wrong to lock in on autocomplete as what AI would be; Tobi Lütke saw further ahead, and he is frustrated he lacked that conviction. He was wrong to lock inon autocomplete as what… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 Within a couple of decades there will not be many people who can write, because AI has removed the pressure to learn. Within a couple ofdecades there will not… PG Paul Graham — holds since 2024-10-01 Newer model releases have got worse at producing text that is actually pleasant to read and understand. Newer model releaseshave got worse at… AR Armin Ronacher — holds since 2026-08-25 Hiring a programmer turns on two things, the cover letter and a real programming test, never the resume, school, grades or pedigree. Hiring a programmerturns on two things… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 Every email should be routed through an LLM that scores it and approves or rejects it, with what is left ordered by importance. Every email should berouted through an LLM… PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-08-31
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