Writing

AI produces "slop" (statistically average, fluent but hollow writing) not as a model failure but as an insight failure. Genuine originality requires standing at an uncrossed frontier that AI, trained entirely on the past, cannot structurally reach.

This article was originally published at dliangthinks Generating realistic, believable speech is one of the harder problems in AI applications. Better speech synthesis improves user experience, but it also opens up uses across entertainment, customer service, and education. In this article, I’ll share some quick test results to show where things stand.

We are on the cusp of entering an exciting new era in the realm of writing, which I refer to as the third stage, AI-collaborated writing.

“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” — Marshall McLuhan

“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” — Marshall McLuhan

“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” — Marshall McLuhan

“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” — Marshall McLuhan