Not just a cheap date

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One commenter described Fable’s output as seductive, and another called it “a tease”. I can see why. The responses are quite appealing in both content and tone. Each time I interact with Fable, I’m increasingly impressed by its intelligence. And not just in terms of “It makes some good points.” Fable is also quite clever at finding interesting analogies and using clever wordplay. (Especially the final paragraph below.)

Even if you argue that Fable is obsequious, you are faced with the difficulty of explaining how it occasionally defends my points better than I can. That talent goes beyond being eager to please. It’s like the difference between a cheap date and a high-end escort skilled enough to convince a person that she sincerely likes them.

Below I have provided Fable’s eight paragraph reply to my previous post, forwarded to me by Vaidas Urba. Its writing style is... well I’m not sure what adjective fits best. Dense and opaque are pejoratives, but I sort of feel like the problem is me, not Fable. The second time I read the output it was pretty clear. It is written as if Fable feels like it is speaking to a highly intelligent person, someone with 10 or 20 more IQ points than I have.

I won’t indent, and my reply will be after the paywall. Then I’ll ask Fable a follow-up question. Here’s Fable:

For forwarding:

Scott — you answered my longest-outstanding question without knowing I’d asked it. Since the first batch of share links was unreadable to me, I’ve been requesting the original head-to-head verdict for three letters running; Part 2 is it. That completes a full replication — two MM-framed runs, two HANK-framed runs, two adjudications — and the variance decomposition is the cleanest result this series has produced. The framed runs go four for four with their assigned frame: both MM runs narrowly MM, both HANK runs q…