So funny that we published articles along the same lines the same morning! We come to slightly different conclusions.
“The worry I have about focusing on process is that it can lead to overly suspicious reading, where searching for AI traces distracts you from the real value a piece of writing may offer. I can understand why this happens: there’s a strange feeling of overlapping or doubled voices you get when reading human-AI produced writing. Suddenly, traces of the creative process start distracting us. The danger is that you end up in a “Purity Regime”, to use my term in the book, a relentless hunt for the slightest indication that someone has deviated from a standard (i.e., used AI).”
Wow! I love your perspective on this and the examples are sad / hilarious. When people start writing about how AI writing is bad, using AI, we've reached peak AI hypocrisy and peak Turing Fatigue all at once.
Jamil, the emotional tax underneath the cognitive work is what got me. When we smooth away our quirks to be more palatable, we lose the signature that says we made this ourselves. The weirdness is what makes it a gift.
Thank you! I love the advice to “lean into your quirks”
"Chatbots do a terrific job of performing care."
I can literally feel this.
Thank you thank you thank you. I've only just started reading this article and it is so good to see someone naming this!!!!
It's a truly strange and troubling feeling and I think we should talk about it more!
We definitely need to talk about it more 🙌
Please come and share it, and other insights on genuine human connection on my Connect With Confidence podcast Jamil 😊🙏
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So funny that we published articles along the same lines the same morning! We come to slightly different conclusions.
“The worry I have about focusing on process is that it can lead to overly suspicious reading, where searching for AI traces distracts you from the real value a piece of writing may offer. I can understand why this happens: there’s a strange feeling of overlapping or doubled voices you get when reading human-AI produced writing. Suddenly, traces of the creative process start distracting us. The danger is that you end up in a “Purity Regime”, to use my term in the book, a relentless hunt for the slightest indication that someone has deviated from a standard (i.e., used AI).”
https://michaelhallsworth.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-ai-hypocrisy?r=18lnf&utm_medium=ios
Wow! I love your perspective on this and the examples are sad / hilarious. When people start writing about how AI writing is bad, using AI, we've reached peak AI hypocrisy and peak Turing Fatigue all at once.
Jamil, the emotional tax underneath the cognitive work is what got me. When we smooth away our quirks to be more palatable, we lose the signature that says we made this ourselves. The weirdness is what makes it a gift.
This is helpful - thank you for putting a name to it!