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Maggie Appleton

What Maggie Appleton thinks about AI writing

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Designer, anthropologist and illustrator who writes about the web, tools for thought and generative AI on her digital garden at maggieappleton.com. Her 2022 essay "The Dark Forest and Generative AI" put the reverse Turing test -- proving you are not a language model -- into the vocabulary of the independent web.

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4 dated positions, 2022, in their own words. Our reading of what Maggie Appleton has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingThe web is being flooded with coherent, generic, generated text that buries the writing worth reading.

    Their wordsThese new models are poised to flood the web with generic, generated content.

    ↗The Dark Forest and Generative AImaggieappleton.com 1st of 8 in this piece

  3. Our readingOnce generated text is everywhere, readers will become sceptical that there is a person on the other end of anything they read online.

    Their wordsEvery time you find a new favourite blog or Twitter account or Tiktok personality online, you’ll have to ask: Is this really a whole human with a rich and complex life like mine?

    ↗The Dark Forest and Generative AImaggieappleton.com 3rd of 8 in this piece

  5. Our readingWriting that is specific, local and grounded in a real life is the cheapest available proof that a person wrote it, because models default to generics.

    Their wordsReferencing obscure concepts, friends who are real but not famous, niche interests, and recent events all make you plausibly more human.

    ↗The Dark Forest and Generative AImaggieappleton.com 4th of 8 in this piece

  7. Our readingMachine-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.

    Their wordsIn a world of automated intelligence, our goalposts for intelligence will shift. We’ll raise our quality bar for what we expect from humans.

    ↗The Dark Forest and Generative AImaggieappleton.com 6th of 8 in this piece