weak fleshy imperfect humans

2026-08-12 18:55 Note Type: Tags:

I read a beautifully articulated piece of writing about AI and writing in a magazine caled Monocle written by Josh Fehnert.

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There’s also a perverse logic at play in the panic. Fretting that AI can write better than (some) humans is like pitting a powerful calculator against mental arithmetic, a hammer against a soft human hand or a Range Rover against a sprinter. Praising the tool misses the point. Human endeavour – in sport, literature, art, mountain climbing, whatever – is only interesting because it’s done by weak, fleshy, imperfect, irrational, flighty and benighted people like you (and me, I suppose).

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References:

https://monocle.com/business/technology/ai-writing-needs-a-swift-human-rewrite/