is it bad that while this does look like a really cool method to explain a complex topic, my instinct on reading mic-droppy, RLHF AI prose is to be dismissive? there's just something about the persistent mic drops and this-not-that writing that feels so cheap

I think it's because the explainer is passive, there's no interiority, it tells and doesn't show. plus, stylistically, if this were rewritten in second person (like most explainers are) it would make it a heck of a lot more readable:

'You order a coffee on your coffee shop's tablet. 211.4 ms later you see 'Order Confirmed'.

There's a world of complexity behind that status confirmation. Let's see how it all works.' etc

"mic-droppy" is the perfect description. Now I can imagine Claude sheepishly picking up the mic yet again after I correct it.