TheZvi on Reading with LLMs: Finding an Author's Easter Eggs Is 'Cheat-ish? But Legit'
TheZvi · x · 2026-10-21
Responding to writer tracewoodgrains' question about readers missing lovingly crafted references without an LLM at hand, Zvi says the references are Easter eggs, that using an LLM to find them is "a little bit cheat-ish? But also legit," and hints readers should go ahead. A light take on how AI changes deep reading.
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