Neal Stephenson comes out strong and funny against GenAI here:
https://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/a-remarkable-assertion-from-a16z
"Hypothesis 1: it was written by a clanker"
gerikson
npub1ug…nyr8s
2025-11-28 12:59:40 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…04sv
Author Public Key
npub1ugmeglhph73wvt4wlg62tl5k5uamzcnusvgcc2mkwcx6k972hckspnyr8sSeen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2025-11-28 12:59:40 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "a3d7df32af5158e1d941f19f26c66db73016f5d41d3642017d3b09ab0c8a1243",
"pubkey": "e237947ee1bfa2e62eaefa34a5fe96a73bb1627c83118c2b76760dab17cabe2d",
"created_at": 1764334780,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"p",
"7fe779a82b39f5b5d621828c67e235be95a6bed1f8d6e01eb16ae7b426993cb3"
],
[
"e",
"1ae5d5e6dde30d1c0a530ee3000a59eae4faad5ced8818f1944517d0a9c47850",
"",
"root",
"7fe779a82b39f5b5d621828c67e235be95a6bed1f8d6e01eb16ae7b426993cb3"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://awful.systems/comment/9557958",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://awful.systems/comment/9557958",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "Neal Stephenson comes out strong and funny against GenAI here:\n\nhttps://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/a-remarkable-assertion-from-a16z\n\n\"Hypothesis 1: it was written by a clanker\"",
"sig": "11bfbd293263840873f6752349c435a13e32053b76d2b0d03fedbcd51e1a01dcc449631e56800fde723051f8001ff533ae05685e366532704b71ee86b8f1d50d"
}