An LLM will write in the style of my immortal just fine if you ask it to.
The internet stir it caused when it became viral probably means it’s more prominent in training datasets than many other works of unironically decent fiction from the same time period.
Writing “My Immortal” in 2006 when nothing quite like it had ever been written before, is a (possibly unintentional) stroke of genius. Writing “My Immortal” after it’s already been written is worthless.
I’m reminded of my previous comment back on an unrelated subreddit talking about the Eye of Argon. Obviously that wasn’t as structural insane as My Immortal but I think the same principle holds to a degree:
“With a decent editor and several further drafts it could have been a solid, fun, entirely forgettable Conan pastiche. Instead, it’s the Eye of Argon.”
An LLM will write in the style of my immortal just fine if you ask it to.
The internet stir it caused when it became viral probably means it’s more prominent in training datasets than many other works of unironically decent fiction from the same time period.
Writing “My Immortal” in 2006 when nothing quite like it had ever been written before, is a (possibly unintentional) stroke of genius. Writing “My Immortal” after it’s already been written is worthless.
I’m reminded of my previous comment back on an unrelated subreddit talking about the Eye of Argon. Obviously that wasn’t as structural insane as My Immortal but I think the same principle holds to a degree:
“With a decent editor and several further drafts it could have been a solid, fun, entirely forgettable Conan pastiche. Instead, it’s the Eye of Argon.”