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How does Pangram actually detect AI?
The biggest problem with AI-generated slop is not that it is particularly sloppy—but you and I are, and that’s good news.
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A Drunk’s Tale: Health Journalist, Heal Thyself!
Reflections on the strange places you can go with a bottle.
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Uncle Always Says the Wrong Thing
“You two think you’re funny. I’ll show you what funny is.”
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Litany for the brothers
You ask me, why does he do it, why does he get angry at so many things, what did I do to make him angry, and I say, no, no, no, don’t you see, he is not…
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What does Claude Opus model think of his collaborator's arguments for "AI assisted" writing?
The mechanical Turk speaks!
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Last Laugh: That’ll Teach Him to Mock My Similes
Funny the things that stick in your head.
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Day of the Disciplined (and Grateful) Writer
Thanks to the biological Large Language Model in my head for getting it done
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The Junk Man's Son
The Junk Man's Son
Short fiction about the relationship between a scrap picker and his son, addiction, recovery, and growing up blue collar.
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