AIs Struggle to Write Well, Limiting Their Utility
peterwildeford · x · 2026-08-25
The author is mystified by how hard it is for AIs to write well. While they can generate intelligent results, they cannot write about them with good quality, barely crafting a decent tweet. This seems to significantly limit the value one can derive from AIs.
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