Yeah, it’s another symptom of the same malaise that led to widespread adoption of Facebook. Great stuff for those who don’t mind (or aren’t aware of) being disempowered.

Douglas Adams once said that one of the greatest pitfalls for an author is obviousness. LLM algorithms are based on choosing the most obvious output based on the prompts given, so by default, you’re always going to get Muzak instead of bebop. The middle-of-the-road path is bland, lukewarm, turgid soup.