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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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Post by curioussquirrel »

rcarmo wrote: post #67

I don't get all this complaining, TBH. I have been blogging for over 25 years (20+ on the same site), been using em dashes ever since I switched to a Mac (and because the Markdown parser I use converts double dashes to it, which I quite like when I'm banging out text in vim), and have made it a point of running long-form posts through an LLM asking it to critique my text for readability because I have a tendency for…

100% agree. Using it to polish your sentences or fix small grammar/syntax issues is a great use case in my opinion. I specifically ask it not to completely rewrite or change my voice.

It can also double as a peer reviewer and point out potential counterarguments, so you can address them upfront.

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

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Post by kirurik »

furyofantares wrote: post #89
alyxya wrote: post #54

I personally don’t think I care if a blog post is AI generated or not. The only thing that matters to me is the content. I use ChatGPT to learn about a variety of different things, so if someone came up with an interesting set of prompts and follow ups and shared a summary of the research ChatGPT did, it could be meaningful content to me. > No, don't use it to fix your grammar, or for translations, or for whatever el…

People are putting out blog posts and readmes constantly that they obviously couldn't even be bothered to read themselves, and they're making it to the top of HN routinely. Often the author had something interesting to share and the LLM has erased it and inserted so much garbage you can't tell what's real and what's not, and even among what's real, you can't tell what parts the author cares about and which parts they…

To be fair, you are assuming that the input wasn't garbage to begin with. Maybe you only notice it because it is obvious. Just like someone would only notice machine translation if it is obvious.

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

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Post by falcor84 »

throw35546 wrote: post #98
alyxya wrote: post #54

I personally don’t think I care if a blog post is AI generated or not. The only thing that matters to me is the content. I use ChatGPT to learn about a variety of different things, so if someone came up with an interesting set of prompts and follow ups and shared a summary of the research ChatGPT did, it could be meaningful content to me. > No, don't use it to fix your grammar, or for translations, or for whatever el…

The best yarn is spun from mouth to ear over an open flame. What is this handwriting?

It's what is used to feed the flames.

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

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Post by radlad »

enraged_camel wrote: post #130
latexr wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This makes no sense, and it’s absurd anyone thinks it does. If the AI PR were any good, it wouldn’t need review. And if it does need review, why would the AI be trustworthy if it did a poor job the first time? This is like reviewing your own PRs, it completely defeats the purpose. And no, using different models doesn’t fix the issue. That’s just adding several layers of stupid on top of each other and praying that so…

>> This makes no sense, and it’s absurd anyone thinks it does. It's a joke.

Check OP's profile - I'm not convinced.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

latexr wrote: post #77
gdulli wrote: post #60

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 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.

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

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Post by latexr »

alyxya wrote: post #116
MangoToupe wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I use ChatGPT to learn about a variety of different things Why do you trust the output? Chatbots are so inaccurate you surely must be going out of your way to misinform yourself.

I try to make my best judgment regarding what to trust. It isn’t guaranteed that content written by humans is necessarily correct either. The nice thing about ChatGPT is that I can ask for sources, and sometimes I can rely on that source to fact check.

> The nice thing about ChatGPT is that I can ask for sources

And it will make them up just like it does everything else. You can’t trust those either.

In fact, one of the simplest ways to find out a post is AI slop is by checking the sources posted at the end and seeing they don’t exist.

Asking for sources isn’t a magical incantation that suddenly makes things true.

> It isn’t guaranteed that content written by humans is necessarily correct either.

This is a poor argument. The overwhelming difference with humans is that you learn who you can trust about what. With LLMs, you can never reach that level.

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

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Post by enraged_camel »

alyxya wrote: post #54

I personally don’t think I care if a blog post is AI generated or not. The only thing that matters to me is the content. I use ChatGPT to learn about a variety of different things, so if someone came up with an interesting set of prompts and follow ups and shared a summary of the research ChatGPT did, it could be meaningful content to me. > No, don't use it to fix your grammar, or for translations, or for whatever el…

Content can be useful. The AI tone/prose is almost always annoying. You learn to identify it after a while, especially if you use AI yourself.

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

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Post by duskwuff »

latexr wrote: post #114
nbardy wrote: post #46

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

This makes no sense, and it’s absurd anyone thinks it does. If the AI PR were any good, it wouldn’t need review. And if it does need review, why would the AI be trustworthy if it did a poor job the first time? This is like reviewing your own PRs, it completely defeats the purpose. And no, using different models doesn’t fix the issue. That’s just adding several layers of stupid on top of each other and praying that so…

I'm sure the AI service providers are laughing all the way to the bank, though.

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

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Post by mikepurvis »

jihadjihad wrote: post #23

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?

I would never put up a copilot PR for colleague review without fully reviewing it myself first. But once that’s done, why not?

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

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Post by YurgenJurgensen »

charlieyu1 wrote: post #47

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.

It only levels the field between you and a million spambots, which arguably makes you look even worse than before.
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