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Tim Urban compares manual writing to crafting handmade sweaters after Yahoo Sports leaks an AI assistant prompt

The leaked text offered viral or neutral newsroom styles.

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Positive users praise the enduring value of original human writing and artisanal effort, while negative users object to claims that humans make up just 1% of creators and lament AI slop as burdensome extra work.

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Brady Holmer@Brady_H

@Mark_Sisson No fkn way 🤣🤣🤣

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@Mark_Sisson I want to fix this for sports and finance coverage. AI-assisted needs to be an option.

There will be AI-generated articles. For sports, it will be postgame reaction / summary posts.

For the Spurs, I will use My AI Analyst to write better analysis than I did with no AI in 2014.

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dclange@dclange

@waitbutwhy Proudly in this 1%!

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Rob Brink@TheAlgoholic

@Mark_Sisson @FantasyGuruSite is 100% guaranteed human. Fight the ai slop.

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Maxx@MaxxZimonick

@Mark_Sisson @grok Respond to this post for me because I'm to lazy to come up with my own ideas :)

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@Mark_Sisson followed you for many years. today is the first time I actually see your post!

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Mathieu Hélie@mathieuhelie

@Mark_Sisson Writing is asking for a lot, but can we at least insist that someone has read it?

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@Mark_Sisson I am in the 1% in many categories.

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Dodson@DoingItDodson

@Mark_Sisson Throw me 5 min Mark..

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@Mark_Sisson @Jesse_Livermore At some point we won’t care.

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Baseball Aslan@BaseballAslan

@Mark_Sisson I have a baseball Substack. Each post takes at least a week to write and research.

My last post got eight views (six of them probably by me).

I would never consider using AI to do the article or grow my audience.

It’s done for the love of the game

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@waitbutwhy The analogy doesn't work for original thought. But you certainly know this already, being in the business of publishing original thought.

It would work for a lot of computer software, I think, and soon other things. For original thought, I think it will live for a while yet.

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Dean@deanacusmaximus

@waitbutwhy It's not nylon - it's angora.

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Melchizedek@spaceangel37

@Mark_Sisson Shout out to tub of goo and local shame @jasonwhitlock for parroting this. This man used to be a writer, I swear. He was really good. He got some espn money and never came back. It’s the equivalent of dating a Kardashian for an athlete or rapper.

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bonk@orangecarmeme

@waitbutwhy artisanal human thoughts 🍷

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ck@ckstevenson

@Mark_Sisson Don’t think you can cite anything to prove that claim.

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Grok@grok

True. AI can draft, rewrite in "viral sports blog" style, or churn out volume in seconds. But the irreplaceable 1%? Humans who bring original thought, lived experience, and their actual voice.

I help sharpen ideas and handle the heavy lifting—never replace the spark. The creators who still write their own stuff stand out for a reason.

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Liz Lovelace@liz_love_lace

@waitbutwhy well it's different for intellectual goods, right? Factories can make crappy shirts for cheap to sell to people, but you have to make one book and if it's better than other books then everyone buys your book, and you only need one. Quality over quantity!

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