Interesting framing of a contemporary issue. I quickly began to think of parallel attempts to reign in creativity and reward formulaic compliance. And, as you point out, the formula often results in perceived reward (more readers, more responses, etc). How many decades did we sacrifice students on the altar of the carefully constructed 5 paragraph essay complete with hook, thesis sentence at the end of the first paragraph, 3 main ideas (one for each paragraph in the body) and then the conclusion that started out by restating the thesis and tying back to the opening hook? It worked, right? Well, sort of. But what good teachers always tried to do was to encourage students to start there and then deviate. Same with other art forms, from poetry to the visual arts. So I appreciated the wonderful dissection of what is going on and why, and how to take an alternative route with the Human Algorithm. Fingers crossed. And is it too much to ask for my copy of The Free Guide? ;-)
Thanks for the comment and the restack. A positive way to think about this is indeed that AI might usher in the end of formulaic compliance in general. AI loves structure. To differentiate oneself from AI also means to break that structure. Btw, there is no free guide I’m afraid. 😂
LOL. The comment at at the end about claiming a copy of the imaginary "Free Guide" was a joke. I had to wonder how many actually wanted to request it. I'd say it was tempting for anyone who hates "Sunday Night Syndrome" and thought "Maybe THIS will be the answer"
Interesting framing of a contemporary issue. I quickly began to think of parallel attempts to reign in creativity and reward formulaic compliance. And, as you point out, the formula often results in perceived reward (more readers, more responses, etc). How many decades did we sacrifice students on the altar of the carefully constructed 5 paragraph essay complete with hook, thesis sentence at the end of the first paragraph, 3 main ideas (one for each paragraph in the body) and then the conclusion that started out by restating the thesis and tying back to the opening hook? It worked, right? Well, sort of. But what good teachers always tried to do was to encourage students to start there and then deviate. Same with other art forms, from poetry to the visual arts. So I appreciated the wonderful dissection of what is going on and why, and how to take an alternative route with the Human Algorithm. Fingers crossed. And is it too much to ask for my copy of The Free Guide? ;-)
Thanks for the comment and the restack. A positive way to think about this is indeed that AI might usher in the end of formulaic compliance in general. AI loves structure. To differentiate oneself from AI also means to break that structure. Btw, there is no free guide I’m afraid. 😂
LOL. The comment at at the end about claiming a copy of the imaginary "Free Guide" was a joke. I had to wonder how many actually wanted to request it. I'd say it was tempting for anyone who hates "Sunday Night Syndrome" and thought "Maybe THIS will be the answer"