alt Hacker News> The more I think about it, the happier I am that AI is transforming the world of writing. In a way, I think it’ll make it even easier to stand out
I think this may be a form of denial. The reality is likely the opposite: AI will commoditize the act of writing entirely, shifting the value solely to insight.
For too long, we’ve confused "good writing" with "good thinking." We assumed that if someone wrote beautifully, they had something smart to say. Conversely, we ignored brilliant people simply because they couldn't articulate their complex ideas effectively.
AI fixes this market inefficiency. It allows experts who are too busy actually doing things to finally compete with professional writers. They provide the raw brilliance (the substance), and the AI provides the polish (the form).
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> Conversely, we ignored brilliant people simply because they couldn't articulate their complex ideas effectively.
If you can't articulate your complex idea to a human, what's the reason to believe an LLM would understand it better?
I think you’re missing the other half to that conclusion.
Now people can articulate bullshit better with LLMs.
> Conversely, we ignored brilliant people simply because they couldn't articulate their complex ideas effectively.
I don't see how AI helps here. If you can't articulate your idea, then
1) how clear is that idea in your head anyway
2) how are you going to articulate it to the LLM?