“ Bits of information were left out that captured the unique timbre of a vocal or drumbeat; complicated frequencies were abridged into simplified code. Decades later, we all recognize that vinyl—sound waves pressed in plastic, scratched into music through a needle—is closer to the original recording. In the same way, GPT compression—and other summarization tech—robs us of voice, humor, reasoning, the soft nuance that comes with actual human thought.”

complicated frequencies were abridged into simplified code. 👩🏻‍💻