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17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 31 Dec 2022 to 27 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about writing.

Everything filed under AI writing AI writing Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Now that AI can produce competent generic prose, writing that isn't distinctively personal has become less valuable than before. Now that AI can produce competent genericprose, writing that isn't distinctivelypersonal has become less valuable thanbefore. Last stated 3 months ago 28 Jun 2026 EP Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it. — tap to centre the map on it A browser that answers withgenerated prose instead of links isnot a web browser but an anti-webbrowser, and it hides thatsubstitution from the person usingit. Last stated 11 months ago 22 Oct 2025 AD Anil Dash — holds since 2025-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A writer can be artistically important for revealing new possibilities without being technically skilled at prose. — tap to centre the map on it A writer can be artisticallyimportant for revealing newpossibilities without beingtechnically skilled at prose. Last stated 2 months ago 8 Aug 2026 HF Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-08-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: 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. — tap to centre the map on it AI-written prose is an inferior readbecause a model emits a statisticalaverage -- code's audience is amachine, writing's audience ispeople. Last stated a month ago 1 Sept 2026 GO Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: As AI takes over more of the coding process, clearly specifying goals and exercising good judgment will matter more than ever. — tap to centre the map on it As AI takes over more of the codingprocess, clearly specifying goalsand exercising good judgment willmatter more than ever. Last stated 8 months ago 4 Feb 2026 SH Scott Hanselman — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Because writing is thinking, a world divided into writers and non-writers becomes a world divided into thinkers and non-thinkers. — tap to centre the map on it Because writing is thinking, a worlddivided into writers and non-writersbecomes a world divided intothinkers and non-thinkers. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Oct 2024 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2024-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good writing is hard to train into AI models because writing quality is hard to evaluate. — tap to centre the map on it Good writing is hard to train intoAI models because writing quality ishard to evaluate. Last stated 6 months ago 23 Mar 2026 JS Jasmine Sun — holds since 2026-03-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good writing requires grounding in real-life experience. — tap to centre the map on it Good writing requires grounding inreal-life experience. Last stated 6 months ago 23 Mar 2026 JS Jasmine Sun — holds since 2026-03-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO who sends out an AI-writtenstrategy memo is modelling that itis fine to outsource thinking andstrategy. Last stated 5 days ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 3 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it AI can now produce in minutes workthat used to take weeks to build. Last stated 4 months ago 26 May 2026 CB Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated junk papers risk overwhelming the hep-th physics field with worthless content. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated junk papers riskoverwhelming the hep-th physicsfield with worthless content. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 PW Peter Woit — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated writing tends to repeat the same themes, names, and underlying ideas across different outputs. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated writing tends to repeatthe same themes, names, andunderlying ideas across differentoutputs. Last stated a month ago 31 Aug 2026 EM Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI-written cover letter reads as slop to the person receiving fifty of them, so do not send one. — tap to centre the map on it An AI-written cover letter reads asslop to the person receiving fiftyof them, so do not send one. Last stated 2 years ago 18 Sept 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed. — tap to centre the map on it AI-assisted writing creates anillusion of greater creativity whileactually reducing the originality ofthe ideas expressed. Last stated 3 months ago 22 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Generative AI's main achievement so far has been to lower what we expect of what we read and of ourselves when we write. — tap to centre the map on it Generative AI's main achievement sofar has been to lower what we expectof what we read and of ourselveswhen we write. Last stated 2 years ago 31 Aug 2024 TC Ted Chiang — holds since 2024-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Machine-generated writing raises rather than lowers the bar for people: once a machine can produce a competent summary, there is no value in a person producing one. — tap to centre the map on it Machine-generated writing raisesrather than lowers the bar forpeople: once a machine can produce acompetent summary, there is no valuein a person producing one. Last stated 4 years ago 31 Dec 2022 MA Maggie Appleton — holds since 2022-12-31 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Now that AI can produce competent generic prose, writing that isn't distinctively personal has become less valuable than before. Last stated 28 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago Holds Eliot Peper Read this korrent →