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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 aeve890 »

>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. Feel embarrassed. Learn from it. Why? Because that's what makes us human!

Fellas, is it antihuman to use tools to perfect your work?

I can't draw a perfect circle by hand, that's why I use a compass. Do I need to make it bad on purpose and feel embarrassed by the 1000th time just to feel more human? Do I want to make mistakes by doing mental calculations instead of using a calculator, like a normal person? Of course not.

Where this "I'm proud of my sloppy shit, this is what's make me human" thing comes from?

We rised above other species because we learnt to use tools, and now we define to be "human"... by not using tools? The fuck?

Also, ironically, this entire post smells like AI slop.

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

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Post by embedding-shape »

noir_lord wrote: post #2

I just hit the back button as soon as my "this feels like AI" sense tingles. Now you could argue but you don't know it was AI it could just be really mediocre writing - it could indeed but I hit the back button there as well so it's a wash either way.

I do the same almost, but use "this isn't interesting/fun to read" and don't really care if it was written by AI or not, if it's interesting/fun it's interesting/fun, and if it isn't, it isn't. Many times it's obvious it's AI, but sometimes as you said it could just be bad, and in the end it doesn't really matter, I don't want to continue reading it regardless.

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

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Post by dewey »

j4yav wrote: post #19
dewey wrote: post #16

> No, don't use it to fix your grammar, or for translations I think that's the best use case and it's not AI related as spell-checkers and translation integrations exist forever, now they are just better. Especially for non-native speakers that work in a globalized market. Why wouldn't they use the tool in their toolbox?

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.

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

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Post by dev_l1x_be »

Is this the case when I put in the effort, spent several hours on tuning the LLM to help me the best possible way and I just use it answer the question "what is the best way to phrase this in American English?"?

I think low effort LLM use is hilariously bad. The content it produces too. Tuning it, giving is style, safeguards, limits, direction, examples, etc. can improve it significantly.

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

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Post by olooney »

ryanmcbride wrote: post #40
olooney wrote: post #29

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…

You thought we wouldn't notice that you used AI on this comment but you were wrong.

Here is a piece I wrote recently on that very subject. Why don't you read that to see if I'm a human writer?

https://www.oranlooney.com/post/em-dash/

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

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Post by nbardy »

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?

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

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

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Post by portaouflop »

j4yav wrote: post #19
dewey wrote: post #16

> No, don't use it to fix your grammar, or for translations I think that's the best use case and it's not AI related as spell-checkers and translation integrations exist forever, now they are just better. Especially for non-native speakers that work in a globalized market. Why wouldn't they use the tool in their toolbox?

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

I disagree. You can use it to point out grammar mistakes and then fix them yourself without changing the meaning or tone of the subject.

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

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Post by JohnFen »

latexr wrote: post #15

This assumes the person using LLMs to put out a blog post gives a single shit about their readers, pride, or “being human”. They don’t. They care about the view so you load the ad which makes them a fraction of a cent, or the share so they get popular so they can eventually extract money or reputation from it. I agree with you that AI slop blog posts are a bad thing, but there are about zero people who use LLMs to sp…

> They are selfish. The point is themselves, not the reader.

True!

But when I encounter a web site/article/video that has obviously been touched by genAI, I add that source to a blacklist and will never see anything from it again. If more people did that, then the selfish people would start avoiding the use of genAI because using it will cause their audience to decline.

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