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Re: Edge AI for Beginners

#13

Post by doctoboggan »

The very first sentence:

> Welcome to EdgeAI for Beginners – your comprehensive...

Em dash and the word "comprehensive", nearly 100% proof the document was written by AI.

I use AI daily for my job, so I am not against its use, but recently if I detect some prose is written by AI it's hard for me to finish it. The written word is supposed to be a window into someone's thoughts, and it feels almost like a broken social contract to substitute an AI's "thoughts" here instead.

AI generated prose should be labeled as such, it's the decent thing to do.

Re: Edge AI for Beginners

#15

Post by lxgr »

doctoboggan wrote: post #13

The very first sentence: > Welcome to EdgeAI for Beginners – your comprehensive... Em dash and the word "comprehensive", nearly 100% proof the document was written by AI. I use AI daily for my job, so I am not against its use, but recently if I detect some prose is written by AI it's hard for me to finish it. The written word is supposed to be a window into someone's thoughts, and it feels almost like a broken social…

Or just by somebody that knows how to use English punctuation properly.

Is it so hard to believe that there are some people in the world capable of hitting option + “-“ on their keyboard (or simply let their editor do it for them)?

Re: Edge AI for Beginners

#16

Post by doctoboggan »

lxgr wrote: post #15
doctoboggan wrote: post #13

The very first sentence: > Welcome to EdgeAI for Beginners – your comprehensive... Em dash and the word "comprehensive", nearly 100% proof the document was written by AI. I use AI daily for my job, so I am not against its use, but recently if I detect some prose is written by AI it's hard for me to finish it. The written word is supposed to be a window into someone's thoughts, and it feels almost like a broken social…

Or just by somebody that knows how to use English punctuation properly. Is it so hard to believe that there are some people in the world capable of hitting option + “-“ on their keyboard (or simply let their editor do it for them)?

I said em dash _and_ the word comprehensive. If you work with LLM generated text enough it gets very easy to see the telltale signs. The emojis at the start of each row in the table are also a dead giveaway.

I am guessing you are one of those people who used em dashes before LLMs came out and are now bitter they are an indicator of LLMs. If that's the case, I am sorry for the situation you find yourself in.

Re: Edge AI for Beginners

#18

Post by accoil »

doctoboggan wrote: post #16
lxgr wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or just by somebody that knows how to use English punctuation properly. Is it so hard to believe that there are some people in the world capable of hitting option + “-“ on their keyboard (or simply let their editor do it for them)?

I said em dash _and_ the word comprehensive. If you work with LLM generated text enough it gets very easy to see the telltale signs. The emojis at the start of each row in the table are also a dead giveaway. I am guessing you are one of those people who used em dashes before LLMs came out and are now bitter they are an indicator of LLMs. If that's the case, I am sorry for the situation you find yourself in.

If it makes a difference: it's an en dash used in the readme.

I've been wondering why LLMs seem to prefer the em dash over en dash as I feel like en (or hyphen) is used more frequently in modern text.

Re: Edge AI for Beginners

#19

Post by cal85 »

doctoboggan wrote: post #16
lxgr wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or just by somebody that knows how to use English punctuation properly. Is it so hard to believe that there are some people in the world capable of hitting option + “-“ on their keyboard (or simply let their editor do it for them)?

I said em dash _and_ the word comprehensive. If you work with LLM generated text enough it gets very easy to see the telltale signs. The emojis at the start of each row in the table are also a dead giveaway. I am guessing you are one of those people who used em dashes before LLMs came out and are now bitter they are an indicator of LLMs. If that's the case, I am sorry for the situation you find yourself in.

It's not an em-dash, it's an en-dash, which is rare in LLM output. Also just stop being insufferable.
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