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We found an undocumented bug in the Apollo 11 guidance computer code

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Re: We found an undocumented bug in the Apollo 11 guidance computer code

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Super interesting. I wish this article wasn’t written by an LLM though. It feels soulless and plastic.

I'm starting to develop a physiological response when I recognize AI prose. Just like an overwhelming frustration, as if I'm hearing nails on chalkboard silently inside of my head.

Re: We found an undocumented bug in the Apollo 11 guidance computer code

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post #2

Super interesting. I wish this article wasn’t written by an LLM though. It feels soulless and plastic.

Any specific sections that stick out? Juxt in the past had really great articles, even before LLMs, and know for a fact they don't lack the expertise or knowledge to write for themselves if they wanted and while I haven't completely read this article yet, I'd surprise me if they just let LLMs write articles for them today.

Re: We found an undocumented bug in the Apollo 11 guidance computer code

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post #2

Super interesting. I wish this article wasn’t written by an LLM though. It feels soulless and plastic.

Any specific sections that stick out? Juxt in the past had really great articles, even before LLMs, and know for a fact they don't lack the expertise or knowledge to write for themselves if they wanted and while I haven't completely read this article yet, I'd surprise me if they just let LLMs write articles for them today.

Here's one tell-tale of many: "No alarm, no program light."

Another one: "Two instructions are missing: [...] Four bytes."

One more: "The defensive coding hid the problem, but it didn’t eliminate it."

Re: We found an undocumented bug in the Apollo 11 guidance computer code

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post #2

Super interesting. I wish this article wasn’t written by an LLM though. It feels soulless and plastic.

I'm starting to develop a physiological response when I recognize AI prose. Just like an overwhelming frustration, as if I'm hearing nails on chalkboard silently inside of my head.

I feel ya.... and i have to admit in the past i tried it for one article in my own blog thinking it might help me to express... tho when i read that post now i dont even like it myself its just not my tone.

therefor decided not gonne use any llm for blogging again and even tho it takes alot more time without (im not a very motivated writer) i prefer to release something that i did rather some llm stuff that i wouldnt read myself.

Re: We found an undocumented bug in the Apollo 11 guidance computer code

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post #2

Super interesting. I wish this article wasn’t written by an LLM though. It feels soulless and plastic.

For what it’s worth, Pangram thinks this article is fully human-written: https://www.pangram.com/history/f5f68ce9-70ac-4c2b-b0c3-0ca8...
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