Thies Lindenthal

Research and teaching, mostly real estate finance, a bit of Big Data, ML, domain names, and a careful dose of proptech. University of Cambridge, Department of Land Economy.

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Earlier today, I was combing through a working paper, using Claude Code to clean up the formatting and check grammar and writing (LLMs are wonderful for non-native English speakers!). I realised that the conclusion really needed a discussion of its limitations: How reliable are the data and the empirical tests? I offered three main directions of critique and expecting the little helper to quickly whip something up.

To my surprise, the writing agent stepped back and returned the task to me: actually, I have to think this through, not just prose edits it can execute unilaterally. And the machine was right. The limitations section should be written by hand. It is essential to feel the writing frictions, to weigh up the word arefully, and to fully own the conclusion.

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