Rajesh Kasturirangan (@ranganaut): "I can smell AI writing from a mile away and it repels me, but I'm not so sure that's a universal reaction. I see AI written essays getting massive engagement on Substack. I would love to see the results of the aesthetic version of the Turing Test deployed at scale to empirical…"

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I can smell AI writing from a mile away and it repels me, but I'm not so sure that's a universal reaction. I see AI written essays getting massive engagement on Substack.

I would love to see the results of the aesthetic version of the Turing Test deployed at scale to empirically test which of the two we prefer or whether we even care.

Arvind Narayanan

Mar 6

The real sign of AI writing is not superficial stuff like “It’s not X—it’s Y”. It’s the hollowness. Polished writing but relatively mundane ideas. The giveaway is that you’re less impressed when you read it the second time. With good writing, it should be the other way around.

I’m not sure this is inherently about AI. It’s more about the …

Mar 6

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