Alex Murphy

Solicitor. Father of 3. Interests include regulation, administrative, energy and competition law. Also triathlon. Views my own, RT is not an endorsement.

[Brendan May @bmay]

This morning’s chat with Claude hasn’t exactly filled me with confidence.

[Alex Murphy @alex_w_murphy]

@ashwingop @marro_bert @711friedchicken @peterdao Not at all. The output of AI coding is code that works. The output presumably you wanted from your post is for people to read it and be persuaded. Different jobs, different tools. Or tool, in this case.

[Alex Murphy @alex_w_murphy]

@ashwingop @marro_bert @711friedchicken @peterdao You asked for the point… it’s that you have given up your own intellectual capability & voice.

When you don’t take the time to write/at least adapt to your own voice, it makes people doubt that it’s your view and undermines legitimacy of asking people spend time to read it.

[Daniel the MouseInTheCourt @MouseInTheCourt]

SovCit style website must pay man £23k after he completed their so-called “No Obligation Challenge”, court rules

“The Defendant's views are, of course, complete legal nonsense” said DDJ Blitz

https://t.co/yxz48haCwC

[Alex Murphy @alex_w_murphy]

@CosmicMatt92 Written with AI - guessing Claude. So many AI artefacts.

[Alex Murphy @alex_w_murphy]

@hamhammer27 NYTimes cancellation?

[Timothy Young @timyoung]

https://t.co/8jdNjdauJ6

[Zen and the Art of Persuasive Writing @Zenpersuasion]

I’m an appellate court judge with 29 years in the law. I’ve read more briefs than I can count.

Strong arguments are crucial.
But they’re not enough.

If you overtax the judge’s brain, you’re less persuasive.

Here are three tips to write for the judge’s brain instead of against it. Thread. 🧵

[Alex Murphy @alex_w_murphy]

“Just another 10 minutes delay” blithely announces @qantas, as we all watch our bags get removed from the plane in Wellington…

[Simon Willison @simonw]

It's delightful how easy it is to deploy working prompt injection attacks via LinkedIn

[Alex Murphy @alex_w_murphy]

@writeclimbrun Yes, forwarding is the way. I once worked for a partner who would attach a .msg copy of an email to a new email to the client.

That was much worse, because the client would inevitably get exercised by reading the attachment and hit reply all to that with their candid thoughts.

[Alex Murphy @alex_w_murphy]

@stillcounting_4 Colloquial imperative, very common in UK, AUS, NZ.

[Alex Murphy @alex_w_murphy]

@scriptumsent Infuriating

[Alex Murphy @alex_w_murphy]

@legalstyleblog Guessing you are a Garamondist?

[AEC ✏️ @AusElectoralCom]

Mark your calendars! 🗓️

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[Alex Murphy @alex_w_murphy]

@ATRightMovies

[Alex Murphy @alex_w_murphy]

@LucySixsmith @wfastronomer No Paul Hollywood / gingham. Inspired additions.

[Alex Murphy @alex_w_murphy]

@TwoPintsJP @JamesSurowiecki If Fowler - the grumpiest grammar guardian of all time - says you can, then you can.

[Zito @_Zeets]

Emily Wilson spent years explaining how a lot of the older translations weren’t translating the actual poem but riffing off each other only for people to come around because of Nolan and think the other translations are more accurate because they sound “older”