There was a lot of back and forth on Reddit about the veracity, but it was concluded pretty quickly that it was not written by an AI. The level of specificity and detail is simply too involved, and the terminology is far beyond the reach of what current AIs can generate (or at least all the ones publicly available). There’s also numerous grammatical mistakes, and the language, while polished, doesn’t have the perfect spelling and structure that an AI does.

The general consensus was that it was a real author, who had enough molecular biology knowledge to qualify as a mid-level researcher between 2000 - 2010. There was a lot of back and forth about the procedures and methodology, and there were redditors claiming to be scientists who claimed it was bogus fiction made up based on the poster’s professional knowledge, as well as redditors claiming to scientists who said it has to be real - there’s no way someone who wasn’t intimately involved with the program would have this much detail.

I’m on the fence. It’s a marvelous piece of writing, and even if it’s not real, it’s an amazing exploration of a possible biology for the Greys.

I have to admit, Barbie becoming a Chinese feminist icon was not on my 2023 bingo card. Anyone taking bets on when we’re gonna get a kpop version of this classic?

My personal ones for corporate use:

• Never use I when you can use we.

• Even if you’re the only one working on a project, never refer to it as yours. Always refer to it as ours.

• Don’t apologize, present solutions.

• Don’t say “read my fucking email again you goddamn illiterate moron”, say “As previously noted in our communications…”