{
  "id": 10291793,
  "title": "Here's Where It Gets Interesting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/heres-where-it-gets-interesting",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-27T21:04:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/keithjmackay/heres-where-it-gets-interesting-2pa3"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "This article is a testament to the transformative journey of writing with an AI, specifically Claude, and why certain phrases in the writing should be avoided. The author, Keith, initially gave Claude a prompt that would later prove to be amusing and instructive. Yesterday, Keith was reminded of this exercise by a group chat where consultants were making fun of consulting tropes. He decided to share the article as is, without any edits, except for the forward, references, and the final bio paragraph. This article was the only one the author had published without making any edits, aside from the ones mentioned.\n\nKeith describes the collaborative process with Claude as vibrant, groundbreaking, and a tapestry of nuanced, multifaceted collaboration. They have cultivated a partnership that underscores the importance of fostering genuine creative synergy, with Claude's keen radar for significant and inflated prose. The article highlights the tropes that are often overused in AI-generated writing, such as sounding confident without committing to specifics, hedging with words like \"may\" and \"could,\" and claiming depth without providing explanations. These phrases have become prevalent due to the reward system present in popular business blogs, corporate press releases, and term papers. The internet is filled with consultants who are incentivized to sound authoritative while committing to nothing, which has influenced the author's writing style.",
  "summary": "Here's Where It Gets Interesting A testament to the transformative, multifaceted journey of writing this very sentence with an AI, and why every phrase in it should be illegal [!QUOTE] Keith here. A few weeks ago, while laughing out loud at some of the AI slop Claude had generated as part of our collaboration, I decided to see how bad it could get, so I gave it a prompt that we’ll come back to in…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}