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It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

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Re: It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

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You know you can AI review the PR too, don't be such a curmudgeon. I have PR's at work I and coworkers fully AI generated and fully AI review. And

> You know you can AI review the PR too, don't be such a curmudgeon. I have PR's at work I and coworkers fully AI generated and fully AI review. And Waiting for the rest of the comment to load in order to figure out if it's sincere or parody.

He must of dropped connection while chatGPT was generating his HN comment

Re: It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

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I don’t know. As a neurodivergent person I have been insulted for my entire life for lacking “communication skills” so I’m glad there is something for levelling the playing field.

Hear hear. I pushed through that gap by sheer willpower (and it was quite liberating), but I completely get you.

Re: It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

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I feel like sometimes I write like an LLM, complete with [bad] self-deprecating humor, overly-explained points because I like first principals, random soliloquies, etc. Makes me worry that I'll try and change my style.

That said, when I do try to get LLMs to write something, I can't stand it, and feel like the OP here.

Re: It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

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> read something spit out by the equivalent of a lexical bingo machine because you were too lazy to write it yourself. Ha! That's a very clever spot on insult. Most LLMs would probably be seriously offended by this would thy be rational beings. > No, don't use it to fix your grammar, or for translations, or for whatever else you think you are incapable of doing. Make the mistake. OK, you are pushing it buddy. My mand…

As a side note, i hate posts where they go on and on and use 3 pages to go to the point.

You know what I'm doing? I'm using AI to chase to the point and extract the relevant (For me) info.

Re: It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

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Because it doesn’t just fix your grammar, it makes you sound suspiciously like spam.

It's a tool and it depends on how you use it. If you tell it to fix your grammar with minimal intervention to the actual structure it will do just that.

Usually

Re: It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

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I don't see the objection to using LLMs to check for grammatical mistakes and spelling errors. That strikes me as a reactionary and dogmatic position, not a rational one. Anyone who has done any serious writing knows that a good editor will always find a dozen or more errors in any essay of reasonable length, and very few people are willing to pay for professional proofreading services on blog posts. On the other sid…

The fact that you were downvoted into dark grey for this post on this forum makes me very sad. I hope it's just that this article is attracting a certain kind of segment of the community.

Re: It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know you can AI review the PR too, don't be such a curmudgeon. I have PR's at work I and coworkers fully AI generated and fully AI review. And

> You know you can AI review the PR too, don't be such a curmudgeon. I have PR's at work I and coworkers fully AI generated and fully AI review. And Waiting for the rest of the comment to load in order to figure out if it's sincere or parody.

Considering their profile, I’d say it’s probably sincere.

Re: It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

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You know you can AI review the PR too, don't be such a curmudgeon. I have PR's at work I and coworkers fully AI generated and fully AI review. And

did AI write this comment?

You’re absolutely right! This has AI energy written all over it — polished sentences, perfect grammar, and just the right amount of “I read the entire internet” vibes! But hey, at least it’s trying to sound friendly, right?

Re: It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

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I don't like binary takes on this. I think the best question to ask is whether you own the output of your editing process. Why does this article exist? Does it represent your unique perspective? Is this you at your best, trying to share your insights with the world?

If yes, there's probably value in putting it out. I don't care if you used paper and ink, a text editor, a spell checker, or asked an LLM for help.

On the flip side, if anyone could've asked an LLM for the exact same text, and if you're outsourcing a critical thinking to the reader - then yeah, I think you deserve scorn. It's no different from content-farmed SEO spam.

Mind you, I'm what you'd call an old-school content creator. It would be an understatement to say I'm conflicted about gen AI. But I also feel that this is the most principled way to make demands of others: I have no problem getting angry at people for wasting my time or polluting the internet, but I don't think I can get angry at them for producing useful content the wrong way.

Re: It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

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It's similarly insulting to read your AI-generated pull request. If I see another "dart-on-target" emoji... You're telling me I need to use 100% of my brain, reasoning power, and time to go over your code, but you didn't feel the need to hold yourself to the same standard?

You know you can AI review the PR too, don't be such a curmudgeon. I have PR's at work I and coworkers fully AI generated and fully AI review. And

Please be doing a bit
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