LLMs

The LLM Style

By Dan Nexon

In LLMs

On May 29, 2026

Eve Fairbanks, whom I can attest is an extremely skilled editor, has some things to say about LLM-generated prose. The problem is that the efficiency and frictionlessness that make AI appealing to writers are the same qualities that make it feel untrustworthy to readers. And...

LLMs

More LGM according to LLM

By Dan Nexon

On May 31, 2025

Source: Jim Griffin @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/30484128@N03/52908165339 I have a subscription to Claude. There, I've said it. I've confessed. Just hear me out. I got the subscription one for one purpose, and.

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Scientific Rigor (Mortis)

By Dan Nexon

On May 29, 2025

Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photo-of-a-stethoscope-40568/ File under: the writers aren't being very subtle, are they? I'm sure you will all be shocked to learn that Make America Sick Diseased Hemorrhage Healthy Again report.

AI will doom us all

By Dan Nexon

In Trade Policy , Trump

On April 2, 2025

By Tom Cowap - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=103068276 https://bsky.app/profile/dansinker.com/post/3llunnyfeoj2v This is legit. The question is: what the hell did the LLMs train on to produce this insanity?

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