<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Rachel Whitby]]></title><description><![CDATA[On this Substack I want to share some of my literary fiction and some of the craft I have picked up. In this age of AI slop, I think sharing good writing and how to write is vitally important for us.]]></description><link>https://www.rachelwhitby.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sfD6!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb9cdd094-980a-450a-a01f-a2a16a861842_144x144.png</url><title>Rachel Whitby</title><link>https://www.rachelwhitby.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:25:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.rachelwhitby.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Rachel Whitby]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[rachelwhitby@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[rachelwhitby@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Rachel Whitby]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Rachel Whitby]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[rachelwhitby@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[rachelwhitby@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Rachel Whitby]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Quality writing in the face of AI slop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Keep the wolfpack of hungry LLMs at bay, don't let them destroy the craft of writing.]]></description><link>https://www.rachelwhitby.com/p/quality-writing-in-the-face-of-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.rachelwhitby.com/p/quality-writing-in-the-face-of-ai</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Whitby]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:42:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sfD6!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb9cdd094-980a-450a-a01f-a2a16a861842_144x144.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I use the term &#8216;AI&#8217; in the title because the term is in common usage. In fact, we should should just call them Large Language Models (LLMs) because that&#8217;s what they are. They have no intrinsic intelligence.</p><p>Be that as it may, LLMs are good at copying the styles of human writing, and each week, get better. But humans write emotionally and LLMs cannot, for they have no emotion. </p><p>The best way for humans to fight back against the rising tide of LLMs, then, is to write well. To write with authenticity and a deep understanding of the craft of writing. An LLM cannot compete with this kind of writing, and one can only hope that readers will increasingly turn away from slop and seek writing worth their time and effort reading.</p><p>So, a call to action. Write well. Don&#8217;t turn to LLMs to write for you, but be better than them.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>