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I am impressed by Claudeasey Newton's ability to imitate Platformer's style of news analysis, and this validates my anxiety that any part of my job a model can't do today it may soon be able to do.
The author is impressed by how well the bot imitates Platformer's analysis, feeling it validates the anxiety that AI will soon be able to do much of his job. ✦ AI generated
The author · Platformer · 2026-08-06 · original ↗
I ended up impressed by its ability to imitate the type of news analysis Platformer is known for; and I noticed an improvement in capabilities Claude was lacking just this February. Though it wasn’t all the way there, Claudeasey Newton felt like a validation of the anxiety I started feeling earlier this year: any part of my job that a model can’t do today, it may very well be able to do soon. Which left me thinking about why I do this job in the first place.
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- ·Impressed by its imitation of Platformer's news analysis
- ·Noticed capability gains absent since February
- ·Not fully there yet, but improving
- ·Validates anxiety felt earlier this year
- ·Any un-automatable job part may soon be automatable
- ·Led author to ask why he does this job
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rebuts → I'm relieved AI is only a medium-quality editor and can't replace the collaboration and meaningful human relationships that are the real value of my work — though I don't want everything to be reduced to mere 'vibes' or being uniquely human.The author · Platformerrebuts → Beyond writing, the bot's limits are clear: it is only a medium-quality editor and has a catastrophic incomprehension of the human 'vibes' and temperament central to the collaboration.The author · Platformersupports → This time around, with better control over its style, Claudeasey's prose felt more Platformer-like and human, and the AI bullshitted me less and offered stronger takes.The author · Platformer