> I use LLMs for fast feedback to see if my words are having the intended effect (i.e., are they inducing emotions? am I describing things in interesting ways? or is it a slog to read? etc...)
You trust LLMs to play tastemaker?
Re:Why We're Banning AI
by TDelta2258 on Thursday October 15, 2026 @03:42PM
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I'm too early in the process to worry about taste. Most of what I produce still has the voice of something like... a test report or design doc. Because that's the kind of writing I produced for decades.
Re:Why We're Banning AI
by t-writescode on Thursday October 15, 2026 @03:40PM
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Tone analysis is one of the things they’re actually and consistently good at, so, yes.
Re:Why We're Banning AI
by surgical_fire on Thursday October 15, 2026 @04:14PM
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To be frank, sentiment analysis is one of the things language models excel at.
> are they inducing emotions?
How would an LLM tell you this with any insight that is greater than your own?
Likely no. Editors and writers at Current Affairs are career professionals and their expertise is not as reproducible as the expertise of software engineers. "Does this code compile?" and "How does the review history describe this change?" are quite answerable to an LLM in a way that "Does this paragraph have the intended effect?" are not.
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You ask an AI if words induce emotions? Why?
They want validation.
Re:Why We're Banning AI
by alfalfasprout on Thursday October 15, 2026 @03:39PM
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Which makes it a very reasonable take. AI as a research and ideation tool is invaluable (provided due diligence is done on sources, etc.)
AI generated writing is (usually) hot garbage.
>This doesn’t mean nobody doing work here can ever use any of the softwares that are broadly lumped together as AI. Much as we respect the Luddites around here, we’re not against technological innovation. Nothing in our rules prohibits writers from using a new tool to help them research something, or prevents an artist from using a tool to, say, add a texture or change a color, or make some kind of small element.
As someone trying to pickup writing fiction after years of doing technical writing, I use LLMs for fast feedback to see if my words are having the intended effect (i.e., are they inducing emotions? am I describing things in interesting ways? or is it a slog to read? etc...). Since Current Affairs is a commentary magazine and not just straight facts reporting, I could imagine authors wanting similar feedback. Would this kind of usage be permitted? Seems... yes? But I'm not completely sure.