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Yishan, ex-ceo of Reddit has a good take on this on twitter [1].

> I talked to a friend of mine who is a professional creative writer and screenwriter, and she had a perspective on ChatGPT that is really different from all the other takes I've read about it:

> I find the voice of all AI writing to be the same regardless of what is asked of it. It's a distinct voice.

> Yishan: But it's very interesting how it's an identifiable voice to you. I don't think most people can notice that.

> Yeah, to me it's really distinct. That's why I like it. It's a new voice. People should appreciate it for what it is instead of trying to make human writing out of it.

> I also enjoy how AI art looks a little weird.

> Let the robot make art its own way!

[1] https://twitter.com/yishan/status/1599738630742093825?s=20&t...

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I'm trying not to be too cynical because it really is incredible technology but it's also true that it's still pretty far from replacing anything but the most mundane writing tasks. I tried to get chatgpt to write CTAs for a nonprofit and they were clear and grammatical but also trite, facile and reductive. Like I'm blown away it even understood what I asked and delivered exactly ok brief but if a professional writer gave me the same output I'd be sorely disappointed.

At the pace things are going, give it a couple of months, maybe 6 at most.

There is a point where these natural language AIs are going to produce output that’s better than what anyone could write on their own.

That is uses a clear, concise and consistent style now is a plus, even if that’s a little drab.

I showed some stable diffusion "failures" to an architect and he had a similar response about it being it's own interesting/different style.

ChatGPT has a voice, the voice of a stilted 11th grader writing another stupid essay he doesn't care about at all.

Have you read a "tech" article on medium lately? I stopped reading them years ago because they feel like "the voice of a stilted 11th grader writing another stupid essay he doesn't care about at all". Now add all the other articles that are written for various new sites etc that are centered around a couple of tweets or something. Honestly, ChatGPT reads better than a lot of the trash I find on the internet now.

Edit: It's also really funny to me how quickly the goal post shifts. 2 months ago the best chat bots worked by using ML to try to figure out the intent of the user, then respond with a predefined action that may have been slightly tweaked using some sort of text generation etc.

Now, the chat bot not only responds to what I ask, but synthesizes the information and gives me an 11th grade level response. This is astounding, and I can't believe so many in tech want to dismiss the achievements of others for some imaginary utopia that is the only definition of success in their minds. Even if the AI is confidently spouting BS, it's still synthesizing the information and formulating a response, and I've met plenty of people that confidently spout a lot of BS as well.

That's the default unless you ask it to make it in a different style.

Perfect for current high school students. My class is having a blast trying to break it.

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