“LLM-generated prose undermines a social contract of sorts: absent LLMs, it is presumed that of the reader and the writer, it is the writer that has undertaken the greater intellectual exertion. For the reader, this is important: should they struggle with an idea, they can reasonably assume that the writer themselves understands it. If, however, prose is LLM-generated, this social contract becomes ripped up: a reader cannot assume that the writer understands their ideas.” https://rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576
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@joeycastillo I think this contract was already ruined by engagement-driven advertising online, since we can't generally assume anymore that the author agrees with what they've written themselves. But yeah LLM even worse.
@johns at least in the case of advertising you can imagine that someone is out there lying to you. With LLM content you’re still being lied to, but there’s no one on the other side