So let’s start with the observation that in these cases LLMs are more than a tool for writing, narrowly understood, because the act of writing is also the more basic act of articulation.8 When we turn to an LLM to write for us, we are also inviting it to undertake the more fundamental task of articulation, and this is no small thing. Indeed, given... See more

The concept of a plausibility structure, drawn from the sociology of religion, is meant to describe social contexts, structures, or conditions that make it easier to hold certain beliefs.5 Apart from such structures, a belief may become implausible or untenable.