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“Whatever field you are in, if it uses language, it is about to be transformed.”

That’s the subhead of last week’s New Yorker article by Torontonian Stephen Marche.

This is not just a big claim; it’s a stupendous and even preposterous one.

But the headline explains why it’s happening, and ultra-fast: 

“The computers are getting better at writing.”

They sur…