Professor Questions If LLM Writing Qualifies as Good
NYU professor shares confusion over praise for AI-generated text quality.
Julian Togelius, professor of computer science at NYU, posted his confusion over arguments that LLM writing qualifies as good writing and asked whether those making the claim are serious. Jeff Clune replied that models fail at drafting non-trivial content such as paper introductions or grant sections yet handle editing and proofreading well. Emad Mostaque replied that his own view is half serious and half not, with the unserious part being the interesting element. The three posts on X form the entire visible cluster.
I'm confused by people who argue that LLM writing is "good writing". Are... you... serious?
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Professor Questions If LLM Writing Qualifies as Good
NYU professor shares confusion over praise for AI-generated text quality.
Julian Togelius, professor of computer science at NYU, posted his confusion over arguments that LLM writing qualifies as good writing and asked whether those making the claim are serious. Jeff Clune replied that models fail at drafting non-trivial content such as paper introductions or grant sections yet handle editing and proofreading well. Emad Mostaque replied that his own view is half serious and half not, with the unserious part being the interesting element. The three posts on X form the entire visible cluster.
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Jeff Clune@jeffclune@togelius Every time I check if it can draft anything non-trivial (e.g. a paper intro, a grant section draft etc.), it's terrible. It's quite good at editing/proofreading tho.
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EM Emad@EMostaque@togelius Half serious and half not serious—and it’s the not serious part thats the interesting one.
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