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The article discusses the limitations of recent language models, particularly focusing on OpenAI's new model and its similarities to the previously released DeepSeek-R1. Both models exhibit a repetitive and narrow writing style that lacks depth and creativity. The author expresses skepticism about the advancements in creative writing capabilities of these AI models.
- ▪DeepSeek-R1 was released earlier this year and gained attention for its fiction writing abilities.
- ▪The writing style of R1 is characterized by reliance on clichés and a fast-paced narrative that lacks substance.
- ▪Opinions on a story written by OpenAI's new model were mixed, with some finding it not very good compared to R1's output.
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nostalgebraisthydrogen jukeboxes: on the crammed poetics of "creative writing" LLMsThis is a follow-up to my earlier brief rant about the new, unreleased OpenAI model that's supposed "good at creative writing."It also follows up on @justisdevan's great post about this model, and Coagulopath's comment on that post, both of which I recommend (and which will help you make sense of this post).As a final point of introduction: this post is sort of a "wrapper around" this list of shared stylistic "tics" (each with many examples) which I noticed in samples from two unrelated LLMs, both purported to be good at creative writing.Everything below exists to explain why I found making the list to be an interesting exercise.Background: R1Earlier this year, a language model called "DeepSeek-R1" was…
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