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1/ Humanity’s bullshit detectors have gotten incredibly finely-tuned. We’re cutting information to the bone.

Example: LLMs convey information with far fewer words than other methods. One way of looking at this is they "gloss over" important subtext. Another way... 🧵👇

I feel this. 

I'm a reader and a writer. I like long form, and I enjoy sitting with something and taking the time to digest it.

What I can't stand is reading slop that's obviously just filling space to maximize SEO. Or long winded diatribes that have no point or purpose other than just brain dumping opinions that haven't been thought through to a point. 

I definitely use AI summaries to extract the value from over inflated works of prose.

I actually stopped writing for awhile because I became hyper-aware of ppl's reducing attention spans and I didn't want to just add to the noise. I focused on developing a skillset producing infographics instead!

I do think that quality writing will always have a place and AI will perhaps simply be a catalyst that helps remove SEO slop and replace it with more enjoyably digested content, giving readers more return on their attention.