From the Gutenberg press to TikTok, a historian’s take on declining literacy, shrinking attention spans, and what we stand to lose In the latest Atlantic, Rose Horowitch has called it. She’s just declared that “The Age of Reading Is Over.” Well, that’s a little fucking depressing. I wish I could say that it was the …
I’m fairly sure it’s not this. “Convincing” doesn’t mean “real” OK, I’m going to say it. Plugging some prompts into ChatGPT and calling yourself a writer is like putting a frozen TV dinner into the microwave, pushing some buttons, and calling yourself a chef. Photo by Stepan Kulyk on Unsplash Generative AI is a compiler …