Simulacrum of Knowledge Work

The author argued on 2026-04-25 that LLMs break surface-quality proxies in knowledge work. Examples include market reports and code review, ending in skims, LGTM, and a 17th Claude Code session. The critique targets evaluation: corpus likelihood or RLHF preference, not truth.

Why it matters: A sharp personal essay: LLMs separate polished output from reliable work, using code review and consulting-style deliverables as examples. HKR-H and HKR-R pass; HKR-K is weak, so it lands at the featured threshold.