Excellent post today from wakamoleguy about how LLms are bad at writing blog posts. Quick and simple argument about information theory that I believe is correct, and more importantly, this great snippet:
So let’s go back to the beginning: you have an idea, but writing is hard! Write anyways; write poorly. Use an LLM for research and feedback. Do not simply hand it your idea and expect it to generate something enjoyable or effective to read. And while you’re at it, lean into the imperfections, because even if they aren’t information-theoretical depictions of your ideas, they help make your writing interesting, unexpected, and yes, surprising. And that is what makes it fun to read.
I’m working on a longer form data driven blog post over on my nascent Substack publication, and I’m finding it hard to write like I used to. I’m writing then asking the LLM to give feedback. It often wants to make my data points overly specific, which I find annoying. Nevertheless it finds typos and areas I didn’t make all that much sense, so it’s helpful! This way I don’t have to bug a colleague or my wife to read it first!
Get to writing!
