> The data would still be awful, and people would pay less attention to the study because it’s not a priori surprising that ChatGPT would write worse poetry tha

> The data would still be awful, and people would pay less attention to the study because it’s not a priori surprising that ChatGPT would write worse poetry than the most celebrated poets in history. [emphasis mine] You've inadvertently made the poster's point for them. You have written Spivak's "I knew it" reaction, just phrased more glibly.