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# ChatGPT's current abilities are not threatening to most writers now,...

*May 11, 2023 — Comment Matthew Espenshade's post*

ChatGPT's current abilities are not threatening to most writers now, but it's just a baby.  Give it another ten years or so of iterative improvements, and ChatGPT's output will exceed or rival the best human writers.