Martin Fowler warns authors to never let an LLM write their first draft

LLM Voice

Fowler describes the creeping unease of reading prose that feels LLM-generated — an uncanny valley of writing — and argues detection tools miss the point because the reaction is human. His advice: don't let an LLM draft your work, since even human editing struggles to expel that voice. He concedes exceptions, like Jim Highsmith using LLMs to write despite Parkinson's disease, but warns that delegating writing means delegating thinking.