@GergelyOrosz: Many of the most “AI-pillled” people working at AI labs do their own writing and not let AI do it at all. They do it so…
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Gergely Orosz highlights a paradox: many deeply 'AI-pilled' employees at AI labs still write everything themselves to preserve their thinking, while less AI-enthusiastic users hand writing over to AI—and it shows in their reasoning.
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Many of the most “AI-pillled” people working at AI labs do their own writing and not let AI do it at all. They do it so they do NOT stop thinking (and they don’t)
Meanwhile so many people less “AI-pilled” just have AI take over their writing. They DO stop thinking and it shows
lauren (@poteto): i love writing. i never let agents write for me. whether it’s docs, or tweets, or shitposts, or even prompts (okay maybe that one’s harder as agents manage other agents)
there’s a simple reason for that: i still strongly believe that writing is thinking. it’s a skill i hope to
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