Re:GPT-4 is getting worse over time, not better
by YeGoblynQueenne on Thursday July 20, 2023 @04:06AM
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I think that you, like I did in the past, are underestimating the number of people who simply hate writing and see it as a painstaking chore that they would happily outsource to a machine. It doesn't help that most people grow up being forced to write when they have no interest in doing so, and to write things they have no interest in writing, like school essays and business applications and so on. If a chatbot could automate this... actually, even if a chatbot can't automate this, people will still use it anyway, just to end the pain.
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Re:GPT-4 is getting worse over time, not better
by listenallyall on Thursday July 20, 2023 @11:59AM
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The original post specifically stated he was utilizing AI for plot development of a novel. Not a school essay or business application.
Re:GPT-4 is getting worse over time, not better
by YeGoblynQueenne on Thursday July 20, 2023 @02:50PM
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I should have bookmarked it but there was an article shared on HN, published in the New Yorker I believe, or the LARB, or some such, where a professional writer was praising some language model as a tool for people who hate writing, like themself and other professional writers. I was dumbstruck.
But, it's true. Even people who want to write, even write literature, can hate the act of actually, you know, writing.
In part, I'm trying to convince myself because I still find it hard to believe but it seems to be the case.