Words are cheap. Use fewer.

The arrival of “AI” has created disruption. I don’t mean the one generally in hype, but a subtler one: all the artefacts that were synonymous of intellectual work now have lost that meaning. Essays, reports, analysis, papers, articles: all of them can now be parroted out by an LLM with ease, in seconds. Words are now cheap. A one line prompt can make a whole essay.

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Words are cheap. Use fewer.

The arrival of “AI” has created disruption. I don’t mean the one generally in hype, but a subtler one: all the artefacts that were synonymous of intellectual work now have lost that meaning. Essays…

Intense Minimalism