Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is boring and dangerous

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Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is boring and dangerous

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Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is boring and dangerous

When an author uses AI for “polishing” a draft, they are not seeing improvement; they are witnessing semantic ablation. The AI identifies high-entropy clusters – the precise points where unique insights and “blood” reside – and systematically replaces them with the most probable, generic token sequences. What began as a jagged, precise Romanesque structure of…

Expecting the usual theatrical adventure from @quantumtheatre

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Like digging ‘your own professional grave’: The translators grappling with losing work to AI

While workers worldwide ponder how AI might affect their livelihoods – a topic on the agenda at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week – that question is no longer hypothetical in the translation industry. Apps like Google Translate already reduced the need for human translators, and increased adoption of generative AI has only accelerated that trend.…

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Alphabet in Motion: How Letters Get Their Shape: pop-up book by Kelli Anderson

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Gil Gerard (1943-2025)

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Fall 2025 Grades Submitted!

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