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Aw, isn't that cute. He thinks that's writing.

he gas already quit writing if he is using ai.

"Taking down Dictation"

Sounds like he quit a couple years ago?

Fun fact: You can actually quit writing before you even start. Ask me how I know.

I wrote a travelogue of a recent trip for friends. My GF read it and said the first part sounded like me, then asked if I used AI for the rest. Nah, it was just the first draft. Apparently me spewing words onto the page as quickly as possible reads like a LLM hallucinating a trip to Japan.

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911, I'd like to report a murder 😂

I’d sooner quit running marathons than quit using my car to complete marathons!

The super-meta aspect of this guy’s “rationale” here is just….😵‍💫

I’d rather stop slamming my dick in a door jam than stop using AI.

Hm, yeah.

Well, I quit being a cliff diver. I also quit being a Formula One pit boss.

Reminds me of what my father said when I was complaining about work, after my first paycheck, and saying I couldn't wait until retirement. "You actually have to work first."

I watched a NOAA submersible stream today and talked about it with my spouse to explain what a crinoid is. Guess that means I'm a marine biologist.

Gutzon Borglum oughta carve that on a mountain.

Tou-friggin'-che.

Oh, snap!

Some of his rationalizations make him sound like he has used AI so much that he’s just not thinking straight.

If "writing" is loosely defined as the creation of a product for meeting the functional requirements of a "reader", then it's not unfathomable to see curation and refinement of AI slop as meeting that definition. That might work for some information dump product, but obviously not creative work.

LOOOOOOL

I quit walking to work in my car

Is typing in vaguely topical prompts going to be the sole basis for determining someone's occupation in the future? Asking ChatGPT about a headache and now you're a doctor? Asking if you should buy OpenAI by asking Grok and now you're a hedgefund?

Get em Scalzi!

Me putting down the PS5 controller: I am no longer a South Florida drug pimp. I also also no longer a Special Forces commando. I am no longer an Italian plumber. I am no longer Pac Man.

He used AI to write his book. He already quit writing.