domingo, 22 de septiembre de 2024

Human writing versus fifth-rate food

Human writing has always been a reflection of individual experience, emotion and creativity. Faced with the rise of language models such as LLMs, this intimate connection between writer and reader is diluted. These models, however sophisticated, produce texts that work well in terms of structure and coherence, but lack the nuance of the unique perspective of the one who lives, observes and feels.

Comparing this to cuisine is revealing. Think of the restaurants that offer fifth-rate food, where the dishes are pre-prepared and only reheated before being served, with a finishing touch that gives them an illusion of freshness. They do the job: they are fast, efficient, standardised. But they lack the soul of a signature cuisine, where every ingredient is selected with care, every technique is applied with passion and the chef's expertise is felt in every mouthful.

Similarly, LLM-generated texts are like those pre-made dishes: they are correct, coherent and well presented, but they rarely surprise, excite or truly challenge. Human writing has the capacity to offer unpredictable nuances, brilliant mistakes, unexpected twists that break with expectation and routine. Originality lies not just in the content, but in the way the words are woven together, in how an author can make you see the world from a new angle, something no machine, no matter how powerful, can fully replicate.

Just as many prefer a dish cooked on the spot, with the imperfections and variations that make it unique, the reader in search of depth turns to the human pen, which remains irreplaceable when it comes to exploring what is most genuine in the human experience.

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