alt Hacker NewsYou're being fooled by the humans. They're not writing intimately any more than TFA is. They've learned and practiced to write in a way that conveys whatever emotion they choose to show, whether they really feel it or not. LLMs just bring a professional writer's abilities to normal people.
Just like with music, random amatures may have just the same or deeper feelings than superstars, but they don't have the technical skills to put that into their music. We still prefer to listen to the technically competent music to get feelings from it despite it being less personal.
It's different. Yes you can be a good writer or musician and convey whatever emotion you want. But if you have truly experienced that emotion or experience and unflinchingly hone your writing to convey the true experience of it, it shows. It's the difference between a good song and a great song, or a good story and a great story.
I'm all in on AI, but not to replace true human artistic expression. There's something we feel to our core when someone nails the expression of visceral emotion or experience.