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    Nostalgebraist's Hydrogen Jukeboxes

    Astral Codex Ten Podcast · Jun 13, 2026 · 15 min
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    In conclusion , the only good theory of taste is Nostalgebraist's. He wrote a post called Hydrogen Jukeboxes , analyzing the literary output of an AI called R1. This AI tried hard to write good fiction, which was part of the problem. It crammed its stories with what Nostalgebraist called (stealing a term from Ginsberg) the "eyeball kick" - a flashy stylistic move that immediately catches the…

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