If you want the highbrow version of this story about a writer’s voice, read this terrific article by Charles Yu. It includes the words “elides” and “obviates,” two terms never used by me in my 811 tales.
Here’s AI’s rendition of Yu’s essay. It includes the phrase “key insights,” the best tell for plagiarized papers over my 40 years of college teaching.
In the photo, under the microwave on the left, you see Paul and Rebecca’s oven. Whenever their furnace blows, something behind the cooker rattles. It’s a repetitive knocking sound that, Paul wagers, is different from the clatter coming from a loose part in your kitchen.
This unique echo of their oven is its voice, its tone, its perspective. It can’t be replicated.
Just like this little essay. Its author’s screw-loose imperfection is its value in this anodyne (also used for the first time) world of AI.
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