By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/09/2026The same goes for image generation, music generation, and other output from "generative AI" programs. When I call an LLM a word-guessing program, that's not a dismissal. 1922
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/09/2026It's an acknowledgment of the degree to which the tactic of guessing words has exceeded all expectations in the production of sensible-seeming, conversational-seeming sentences and paragraphs. 11103
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/09/2026It's all right to be surprised by how similar the output from a conscious being and a word-guessing program can be. It's surprising! 21026
