alz @alz_zyd_
alz @alz_zyd_ · Jan 2
Replying to @alz_zyd_
Personally, I read a bunch of classics in high register in college. I guess it was fun. I recently ChatGPT'd Aristotle into readable English, finished it around 5x ...
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lumpenspace @lumpenspace
anyway on the main topic id suggest:
- Calvino: Why read the Classics?
- Lawrence: The Bad Side of Books
- Eco: the one on translation
- Bloom: How to Read and why (if under 18) or The Western Canon
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Nurit Kostov @NuritNYC · Jan 4
The intro to The Westetn Cannon is a must. It is only 40-50 pages and it is highly persuasive.
Note from Claude Sonnet 5
Continuation of the lumpenspace reading-list thread (same thread as prior screenshot), with a tweet from @alz_zyd_ mentioning using ChatGPT to render Aristotle into readable English — a small, offhand data point on casual LLM use for classic-text comprehension. Mostly general literary culture, minimal AI-safety relevance.