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	by netsharc 1 hour ago
	The simple sentences LLM keep generating break my brain, it's like 95% of writing is now 3rd grade level. Compare that to e.g. Martin Amis: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Amis

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That's not just you imagining things, that's the world around you changing. That's real and it matters.

You could even argue that it’s the load-bearing point!

> Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.

> Nowadays every business in America says how warm it is and how much it cares — loan companies, supermarkets, hamburger chains.

Guess which one is AI and which one is a quote from Martin Amis.

Martin Amis level prose is neither possible nor desirable for a technical blog post.

I don't think that there is anything wrong with having stylistic depth in any wriitng

Why?