@tszzl: the frontier models tend to write pretty clearly. their writing is often recognizable and full of tics which voids a lo…
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The author critiques the stylistic clarity and recognizable 'tics' of frontier models, noting this reduces their 'aura,' but argues that claims about their lack of analytical or informational value are largely incorrect.
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