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Simon Willison May 9, 2023

I'd love to hear more opinions on generative AI from people who aren't confident writers

I feel like most of the commentary I see is from people who write with confidence - almost by definition, since writing confidently is an important prerequisite for widely broadcasting your opinions on things

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Simon Willison May 9, 2023

I have a hunch that there are lots of people out there for whom the ability to have a computer help them write is a massively valuable thing, but their stories have so far not attracted much attention in the wider AI discourse

I'd love to upgrade that hunch with actual information

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heckj

@simon FWIW I’ve had several writer friends indicate they never wanted LLMs to “write their work”, but found tremendous value in requesting a critique of their work - acting as a set of suggestions for identifying, common and uncommon writing problems.