Please Don't Shame the AI Writers
This is the first of Bertrand Russell's Ten Commandments. This worldview, or worldview-openness, frequently leads me to be that guy in a conversation who places himself in the middle, accepts some part of each side's arguments but neither side's fully, proposes conciliatory tweaks to the basic assumptions and suggests leaving some questions tentatively unanswered. I'm that guy who throws "most", "tend", "often", and "perhaps" around a lot.
- ▪This is the first of Bertrand Russell's Ten Commandments.
- ▪This worldview, or worldview-openness, frequently leads me to be that guy in a conversation who places himself in the middle, accepts some part of each side's arguments but neither side's fully, proposes conciliatory tweaks to the basic ass
- ▪I'm that guy who throws "most", "tend", "often", and "perhaps" around a lot.
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| Original publisher | Aether Mug |
| Canonical URL | https://aethermug.com/posts/please-don-t-shame-the-ai-writers |
| Publication time | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:41:12 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-10-01T13:42:32.866Z |
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Please Don't Shame the AI WritersA case for an uncomfortable middle groundMarco Giancotti,October 1, 2026Marco Giancotti,October 1, 2026Cover image:Homer playing the violin, in the company of a pupil, follower of Pier Francesco MolaAs someone who writes often and at length about the relativity of boundaries and the complex interrelation of everything with everything else, I find most black-and-white opinions, most expressions of certainty, and most refusals to listen to differing points of view distasteful.
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