LLMs Are Revealing How Low the Bar Is (and Lowering It Even Further)
Recent AI scandals highlight the low standards in various fields, particularly in literature. A story published by Granta magazine, allegedly generated by AI, won a literary award despite its incoherent prose. This raises questions about the criteria for literary recognition and the overall quality of submissions in the age of AI.
- ▪Granta magazine published a story that is seemingly AI-generated and won a literary award.
- ▪The story, attributed to Jamir Nazir, was selected as a regional winner of the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
- ▪Critics argue that the story's poor writing reflects a broader issue of declining standards in literary publishing.
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LLMs Are Revealing How Low the Bar Is (And Lowering It Even Further)Quick thoughts on the Granta AI scandal and a bunch of other recent AI scandalsLincoln MichelMay 19, 202653812ShareThe Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)For all of the truckloads of money and advanced technology behind LLMs, their primary achievement so far may be in revealing how low the bar is in seemingly every field. The various LLM/AI scandals this week are good evidence of that. Let me do a little recap. A (Likely) AI Slop Story Wins a Literary AwardIf you subscribe to this newsletter, then you likely already know the big literary one: Granta magazine published a story that is seemingly AI-generated from an author with a seemingly AI-generated author photo whose social media profiles are full of AI hype.
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