I think I just resent the nuts and bolts of our trade being away and used for so much dull writing that it looks bad when we go back to them. Much sighing and nashing of teeth over this side.

Actually when you consider how long that opening sentance is and how many different things it does, it's definitely human. Only I could possibly *that* undisciplined a writer.

I've got very used to seeing that opening sentance in AI copy, I think. Especially the kind where the writer has basically listed all of their opinions on something into ChatGPT and told it to write it for them. But of course that makes perfect sense — what else were these things trained on?

This is five years ago though. Way before LLMs were a) commonly used and b) good enough to write that paragraph. It was all me own work, guv. It's worth thinking about if you're planning on shouting "J'ACCUSE!!" at someone for their AI use.

Oh my god! It so is!

Witches Abroad is one of my all time favourites!

“And to my friend, I bequeath my jazzmags and collection of big dick movies, in the hope he finds the same solace and joy they unlocked within me”

I like this way of looking at it

Satisfying and appropriate.

There are definitely apps that would have done that for you!

I particularly like this bit where he predicts the Roomba

I’ll post it right up here for anyone else. I haven’t read this since I wrote my book, it’s such a great interview. Terry was an exceptional journalist- the way he starts with the softballs, gets under Gates’ defences and then turns up the heat is *chef’s kiss*: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6l1hb...

And here you go! www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6l1hb...

I have it! I’ll dig it out.