AI is a mediocre writer but perhaps the best reader a writer can have
TheZvi · x · 2026-09-18
The Zvi builds on the observation that AI still isn't great at writing but is one of the best readers a writer can ask for — it picks up so many references and subtleties that you forget human readers won't. His experience using Fable 5.1 as an editor: it always flags 'the thing people will complain about,' which you assume nobody will notice, yet you fix it anyway.
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