Comment by flitzofolov

This is actually a great representation of what is good and what is insidious about LLM assisted writing.

The practice of writing can serve the purpose of conveying an idea or information to the readers, but it can also be an invaluable tool for the writer to process, digest, and internalize a message.

The act of wordsmithing, and shaping the idea from its raw rambling form into a coherent narrative, is intellectual metabolism.

A good writer will both distill the ideas, present them in such a way that will be pleasurable to their readers, and also bring the reader along the way so they can learn as well, and feel like an active participant.

The LLM tend to produce prose that defeats the purpose for the writer, takes the joy out for the reader, and ultimately does nothing for anyone but take up space.

It's not more words that make good stories, and it's not more code that makes good programs. It's what use is this to anyone, and only humans understand what other humans want and only humans can care.

Seems like people in this thread agree that it's better to express oneself in a less skilled fashion but actually write something that represents your idea, than to present some polished turd and pass it off as your own writing.

Same as a birthday card on some stock paper written in crayon will always be more valuable than a store bought card with generic sentiment.