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Re:Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI? by pton_xd on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @02:34PM (#48911189)
> A novel is a bunch of words

> What's valuable in a novel (or a poem) is in the words.

Even if the words are a lie? Misleading? False?

I'm not even talking about LLMs. What if it's propaganda designed to influence your thinking, possibly against your own interests; are those still valuable words that you'd cherish reading?

My point is that the source matters, intent matters, and authenticity matters. To me, anyway.

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Re:Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI? by brainwad on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @04:26PM (#48912526)
Most (all?) good novels are propaganda designed to influence your thinking.

If a machine could truly provoke thoughts as well as a human author, then yeah it'd be worth reading its work, too.

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