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hnlmorgtoday at 8:43 AM0 repliesview on HN

> Speech writers do not write in the voice of someone else, they create the public image of say a president who is inarticulate and make them seem polished and articulate, if anything they lend their voice and ideas to someone else

Nope. The exact opposite in most cases. Eg Jon Favreau (Obamas speechwriter) has said:

“As a speechwriter, your ego has to take a backseat. The goal is to make the speaker sound like the best version of themselves, rather than to showcase your own cleverness."

> And no LLMs are not producing ‘the same thing’ as a speechwriter.

I didn’t say it was the same. I said it was an existing industry that AI has stepped into and AI is taking the low end of market.

It’s just like how AI has captured the low-end of many tech roles too.

> If you are unable to tell the difference I’d suggest doing some a lot more reading of human books.

“Some a lot more”? Very ironically timed editing error there. You can bet an LLM wouldn’t have made that mistake ;)