Just like how (it used to be) that writing good content would rank high in search results. But writing good content is hard. So we'll kid ourselves into writing good content for LLMs. Which is equally hard, but we'll feel like we're getting a leg up over everyone else -- who are all also doing the same thing.
It's unfortunate that people are more motivated to write for LLMs that are then used by humans than write for humans to begin with. Especially when the reason to use LLMs is because, on average, content is subpar making it difficult to find the good content.
Another case of Tragedy of the Commons Ruins Everything Around Me.
Fair point. Although good writing for humans = good writing for LLMs and vice versa. So I'm hopeful this new excitement around AI for docs if anything will just encourage folks to put even more effort into writing great docs.
No, it's not a fair point IMHO. LLMs are arguably the best way we've found to organize and represent textual information.
A document you can hold a meaningful conversation with is a big freaking deal, far superior to any conventional resource when you're trying to learn how to do something new.
It's unfortunate that people are more motivated to write for LLMs that are then used by humans than write for humans to begin with. Especially when the reason to use LLMs is because, on average, content is subpar making it difficult to find the good content.
Another case of Tragedy of the Commons Ruins Everything Around Me.