AnalysisAI ModelsAugust 7, 2026

I won't read LLM-authored fiction

Essay argues LLMs sample from a writing distribution close to the median, so reading AI fiction pushes your mind toward the statistically normal — the opposite of what fiction should do. The author says absorbing another writer's unique statistical profile is what makes reading fiction sharpen your own writing.

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