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lukebechtel ◴[19 Jul 25 18:00 UTC] No.44617780[source]▶

> For the longest time, writing was more expensive than reading. If you encountered a body of written text, you could be sure that at the very least, a human spent some time writing it down. The text used to have an innate proof-of-thought, a basic token of humanity.

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1. accrual ◴[19 Jul 25 18:17 UTC] No.44617947[source]▶

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> "I didn't have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote you a long one."

Quote is from Mark Twain and perfectly encapsulates the sentiment. Writing something intended for another person to read was previously an effort. Some people were good at it, some were less good. But now, everyone can generate some median-level effort.

It's rude to show AI output to people