“LLMs are cliché machines, trained on a resilient human weakness for generating maximum content with minimum effort”
Arts & Letters Daily • 1/31/2026
Summary
LLMs are described as cliché machines. They are trained on a human tendency to generate maximum content with minimum effort.
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