I’m seeing hyperreality in real time. You complain that an article of long form journalism appears to be the sort of thing that might be produced by asking an LLM to create it?

Doesn’t that mean it is true to form? Can you not imagine that some people like reading stories written by others?

> Doesn’t that mean it is true to form?

Yes, that's exactly what it means. Like I say, a few years ago I wouldn't have thought anything of it, but now it's behind painfully clear how formulaic that kind of writing is.

> Can you not imagine that some people like reading stories written by others?

This is quite uncharitable and a straw man. I love reading stories written by others. I'm complaining very specifically about the over reliance on tropes of the form.

I also wasn't leading with the complaint, I was leading with the curiosity I feel about how writing will develop as a result of what I'm seeing here, as I'm sure I'm not the only one who suddenly feels different about human made writing. That's not too say I don't lament it, either, but it is what it is.

I think it's valid to say that the advent of LLMs has diminished the value of formulaic long-winded prose, and increased the value of being brief and concise.