Why LLMs Ruin Everything

Reading, Writing: feat. Matt Goodwin, Alex Preston and the Bookpocalypse

How did you go bankrupt? Gradually, then suddenly. How did the negative effects of AI affect the world of books? Same.

First there was that steady drip-drip about students using LLMs to cheat on their essays, or hapless solicitors in provincial court hearing filing hallucinated briefs. Then there was the long and winding discussion about the ethics and l…