some non-poetic thoughts on prompt-based text generators

Writing is a social contract between writer & reader that only the writer is obliged to uphold: you write forward across space & time & hope the words find a home in the heart or mind (or maybe both) of whomever reads your words & for this reason & this reason alone writing is an innately human endeavor, like most artistic endeavors. AI & LLMs are not writing machines; they are algorithmic word…