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Jacob Falkovich

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Writer of the blog Putanumonit and the newsletter Second Person, on rationality, dating and probability; based in New York.

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  1. Our readingMost people who would be a good audience for an essay will never notice it or bother to engage with it.

    Their words99% of people who you'd want to read your essay probably don't know you exist, or don't give a fuck, or wouldn't be bothered to engage even if they read it.

    ↗By Chains or by Promisesputanumonit.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  2. 5 days earlier

  3. Our readingGood writing requires wanting to tell people something, which AI itself lacks.

    Their wordsThe prerequisite to good writing is having something you want to tell people about, which AI doesn't.

    ↗Slop Readersputanumonit.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  5. Our readingTrying to avoid AI-writing tells as a human writer is pointless, since readers who fixate on them ignore substance anyway.

    Their wordsThere's little point trying to avoid LLMisms as a human, the readers who'll latch onto that don't care what you're saying anyway.

    ↗Slop Readersputanumonit.com 2nd of 2 in this piece

  6. 17 months earlier

  7. Our readingThe value of a piece of writing depends on whether the reader finds it good, not on how much effort the writer put into it.

    Their wordsUltimately, the only thing that matters is if you think the writing is good, not how much effort I put into it.

    ↗I’m Writing The Dating Sequences over at secondperson.datingputanumonit.com 2nd of 2 in this piece