emotion is about to get expensive
It has come to my attention that polished writing and predictable structure deter me from finishing a post or a piece, nowadays. I feel like some of you know what I am talking about. We are at a point where templated writing, the kind we were taught in school many years ago and now readily generated by LLMs, seems to be everywhere.
These days, I crave abnormal writing. I want to see the human who is writing in their writing. What are their eccentricities? I should be able to tell. Or was this piece AI written? Or even worse, AI edited? Because editing with AI can kill your original vibe. What a time we live in.
Now I will take a leap of assumption. If I am feeling like this, I will assume that similar sentiments exist. Some of us crave human writing, even if it is a bit more work to follow or comprehend. It is normal for social animals like us to connect with one another, and writing is one of these media of connection. If I do not feel any connection, more importantly if the words do not carry that emotion which conveys the signal that another human wrote this for me, is it even worth reading?
This will be my final leap. With the ubiquitous use of AI, and as long as it stays cheap or free, writing that feels (emphasis on feels) human might start feeling rare. It already feels so. Does that mean people will pay a premium price to read human writing? My guess is yes. I would pay for it too. I hope I can afford it.
My prediction for the future of writing is that emotion-evoking writing will be expensive. AI may evoke emotions through word choices, but I still think humans do it best. Beyond words, humans can transfer certain feelings when they themselves feel while writing.
I would like to hear some counter arguments.