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Kyle Chayka

What Kyle Chayka thinks about LLMs

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Staff writer at The New Yorker, where he writes the Infinite Scroll column, and author of Filterworld and The Longing for Less.

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  1. Our readingAI models default to generic, lowest-common-denominator output unless a user actively pushes back against them.

    taste

    Their wordsIf the user doesn't actively push back against the AI model, then they get the generic output, the lowest common acceptable denominator of aesthetics and taste.

    ↗The generic style of AI web designkylechayka.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  3. Our readingGetting genuinely original output from AI requires working hard against the grain of its defaults.

    Their wordsYou have to work very hard, against a lot of friction, to get anything remotely original out of AI.

    ↗The generic style of AI web designkylechayka.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece