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@lulumeservey (shared by @PerellClips, published 2026-08-07) claims AI cannot…

2026-08-07 · 23:00 UTC ·@PerellClips ·1 min read

Brief

@lulumeservey argues that AI can simulate but not feel emotion, so it misses the surprising, rule-breaking 'wrongness' that gives writing conviction. Drawing on work on founder manifestos, he says edits and AI improvements can make prose cleaner but hollow the emotion, and authors should sometimes resist polishing to preserve intent.

Why it matters

@lulumeservey (shared by @PerellClips, published 2026-08-07) claims AI cannot feel emotions—only simulate them—and therefore fails to reproduce the unpredictable, rule-breaking 'wrongness' that conveys true emotional conviction in writing.

Key details

  • When collaborating on founder manifestos, @lulumeservey reports that editing or AI-driven recommendations often make prose technically better but strip away emotion and conviction; sometimes that 'wrongness' is the point and should be preserved.
Source evidence

There is one thing AI writing can't quite nail, and it's the thing most writers edit out of their work:

"There are things that AI can't do. One thing is feel emotions. It can simulate emotion, but it can't actually feel emotion."

"Emotion comes through in ways that are surprising and not logical. Emotions make us write things that are not grammatical, not sublime. They break a lot of writing rules."

"I've taken manifestos that I've worked on with founders, and the recommendations actually make it worse, because it makes the writing better at the expense of the emotion and the conviction."

"Sometimes you don't wanna make that trade-off. Sometimes it takes away some of the wrongness that is the point."

@lulumeservey

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