GPT-3 teaches us that a sizable fraction of "serious" writing is just remixing previously written content. No underlying insight required. This is embarrassing

GPT-3 teaches us that a sizable fraction of "serious" writing is just remixing previously written content. No underlying insight required. This is embarrassing to humans. I think quite a philosophers and writers would acknowledge there's nothing new under the sun. The way I'd see it, what even good writers do is usually a loose weaving together of things that have been already read along with some customization. It's only occasionally, (very roughly guestimating), every couple paragraphs, that this loose weaving needs to become tight and exact. That's my working hypothesis for why GPT-3 sounds senseless every paragraph or two.