general
opinion
bearish
LLMs are getting worse at producing inspiring writing as they become more refined as tools rather than conversational assistants
As LLMs get more refined as tools, rather than conversational assistants, I think we are actually going backwards on our goals of having models produce inspiring writing.
Nathan Lambert28 Aug 2026
https://www.interconnects.ai/p/i-wrote-an-ai-textbook-how-long-until