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I think if you read the piece it's not really about "outsourcing" the writing. It almost feels like the machine's guesses, though not necessarily great writing and not necessarily factual, give the author the courage to flesh out her own writing.

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I’m surprised by some of the backlash—it felt to me nearly like a form of digital Ouija board; given a prompt and some subconscious input, a vague or nonsensical response can feel like communion.

I thought it was beautiful.

de gustibus non est disputandum.

I am happy that people like it. It just wasn't for me. No backlash from my side.

Just not my kind of tea.

I read it. To me it didn't feel genuine. The whole time I doubted the premise. It felt like a literary experiment. Maybe a journalistic one.

I don't want to assume. So I can only describe how it felt to me.

I suppose it is a literary experiment but I don't see what is wrong with that. You doubt that the sister is really dead?

As said I don't assume. Everybody deals differently with loss and grieve.

I just described how it felt to me.

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