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I don't want to read what you didn't write

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  1. addisonj · · focus · HN ↗
    On the note of imperfections... My preference is now strongly towards reading someone's stream of thought thrown down at speed over than that same stream of thought shat through the digestive track of an AI agent. At least that feels human.

    To me, it also seems like they AI digestion is getting actively worse? As best as I can tell, all the agentic nature and reasoning for code is now making writing actively worse, as the agent pulls across your whole knowledge base and will take that one thought and eagerly join and context it thinks is relevant, with the reasoning spread throughout the page.

    1. wkjagt · · focus · HN ↗
      > At least that feels human.

      I feel the same. I've actually started to appreciate things I used to dislike. Like typos, or grammatical errors. I used to see it as a lack of attention to detail. But more and more it now feels like "hey, something written by a fellow human!".

      Same thing for video voice overs. Things like a bad quality microphone, or someone who doesn't pronounce things very clearly. Now I go: for sure a human!

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