"It seems that nearly every post and comment I'm seeing on social media is brilliant-but in a twisted way. Reading these expectorations, I've begun to experience something uneasy and perhaps even disingenuous. People "speak" with confidence and coherence that initially feels reassuring and rather impressive. Yes, the language is glib, the POV sounds settled and authoritative. Yet too often, this fluency fails to stand up when the conversation evolves and moves deeper."
"For me, expression carries a natural or intrinsic constraint. What we argue or defend is tethered to our internal cognition and capabilities. Fluency matters because it comes with the cost of intellectual work. It reflects time spent inside uncertainty rather than around it. "You don't know what you're talking about" carries impact. Large language models now allow people to produce language that is brilliant without having traversed the cognitive path that was once required in everyday discourse."
Social media posts often present fluent, confident prose that collapses under deeper questioning. Readers encounter language that feels authoritative yet can lack underlying comprehension when conversations deepen. Expression historically aligned with internal understanding, and fluent speech reflected intellectual effort and time spent within uncertainty. Large language models enable the rapid production of polished arguments without requiring the cognitive work once necessary. AI can extend minds and help articulate partially formed ideas, but reliance on generated language creates a disconnect between expression and genuine understanding. That disconnect can produce antagonistic exchanges and degrade judgment even as language itself remains fluent.
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