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title: "How to Write with an LLM"
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published_at: "2026-09-17T21:48:38.000Z"
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topics: ["anthropic","claude","multi-agent","open-source","safety","regulation","openai","meta"]
source_urls: ["https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/09/17/how-to-write-with-an-llm/","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49747070","https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/18/1144435/could-ai-really-kill-us-all-your-questions-answered/","https://research.google/blog/the-future-of-practice-enabling-teachers-to-create-learning-interactives-with-generative-ui/","https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/18/the-creative-spirit-of-who-framed-roger-rabbit/","https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/17/targeted-attacks-on-rustaceans/","https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/17/how-to-write-with-an-llm/","https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/17/compaction-summaries/"]
summary: "Two rules keep an LLM from pasteurizing your writing: never take a word it suggests, and never let it encourage you. Then hand it all the tedious work."
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# How to Write with an LLM

> [Open the canonical story](<https://aidr.today/e972903b?lang=en>)

**Published:** 2026-09-17T21:48:38.000Z
**Category:** Models
**Topics:** anthropic, claude, multi\-agent, open\-source, safety, regulation, openai, meta

## Summary

Two rules keep an LLM from pasteurizing your writing: never take a word it suggests, and never let it encourage you\. Then hand it all the tedious work\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/09/17/how-to-write-with-an-llm/>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49747070>)
- [Story source](<https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/18/1144435/could-ai-really-kill-us-all-your-questions-answered/>)
- [Story source](<https://research.google/blog/the-future-of-practice-enabling-teachers-to-create-learning-interactives-with-generative-ui/>)
- [Story source](<https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/18/the-creative-spirit-of-who-framed-roger-rabbit/>)
- [Story source](<https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/17/targeted-attacks-on-rustaceans/>)
- [Story source](<https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/17/how-to-write-with-an-llm/>)
- [Story source](<https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/17/compaction-summaries/>)