Mike Beasley on Mythryl: “Hm, there are a few unnecessary words in the headline here. I’m no…”

Hm, there are a few unnecessary words in the headline here. I’m no AI model but let’s see if I can’t help improve this a bit.

John Gruber@gruber.foo

It’s unacceptable for a tool to sacrifice an iota of clarity, coherence, meaning, quality, etc. for the purpose of embedding hidden clues within the text to suggest its provenance. daringfireball.net/2026/08/anthro…

daringfireball.netAnthropic’s ‘Watermark’ Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of WritingIt’s unacceptable for a tool to sacrifice an iota of clarity, coherence, meaning, quality, etc. for the purpose of embedding hidden clues within the text to suggest its provenance. The idea that anything other than *my* needs should factor into the generation of text *for me* is patently offensive.

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