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文章 = 思想 + 表达思想的语言。

生产思想和交流思想是两个独立的过程。

两者都对思维能力有很大的要求: 通常人们没有足够的能力同时处理写作和思考;

当我与语言搏斗时，思想受到影响，反之亦然。

因此，如果我正在探索一系列复杂的想法，在把它们变成一篇文章之前。

通常有必要首先以笔记和图表的形式给它们一个结构。

先思考，然后再去交流思想。

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由 OpenAI 于 2020 年 5 月发布的 GPT-3 是一个自然语言和自然语言相关任务的神经网络建模。

在正确的提示下，它可以产生与人类写出的句子相比能够站得住脚的文字。

不过，当涉及到创意时，它就没那么有说服力了。

由 GPT - 3 生成的英文的例子。

*It was a cold day on Privet Drive. A child cried. Harry felt nothing. He was dryer than dust. He had been silent too long. He had not felt love. He had scarcely felt hate. Yet the Dementor’s Kiss killed nothing. Death didn’t leave him less dead than he had been a second before. It wasn’t about living or dying really. It wasn’t about death. It was about the Dark Lord, his creator, his engenderer. He was not resurrected. He was created again. He was whole again in the courtyard of Malfoy Manor.

• GPT-3 Creative Fiction*

一行接一行，它比几年前我被要求编辑一本诗集时读到的许多诗人的文字更有生命力。

但作为一个整体——作为一个叙事——这篇内容就从根本上崩溃了。