[mikekij]

This post was either written entirely by chatGPT, or mostly. Multiple instances of "...this isn't just X - it's Y."

"The contrast isn't just economic — it's philosophical."

"family wealth isn't just an advantage in entrepreneurship — it's often a prerequisite"

"entrepreneurial success isn't just about fairness — it's about creating more pathways for the next generation of innovators"

This fact doesn't undermine the value of the article - but it is frustrating for the level of LLM authorship to get to the point where I can spot this in a number of HN posts.

[keerthiko]

People can have writing tics, i know i do — that said, this article does read very much like a scrape-n-translate + some "summarized insights" of Chinese forum threads. While that's fully within the scope of a human blogger, it is very much in the wheelhouse of a modern LLM.

More telling rather than any specific lines or phrases, to me, is that the tone gives off a strong "i don't have a single strong feeling about this topic, i'm just transcribing others' opinions and vaguely coming up with a C2A" vibe — no human who'd bother to write a personal-opinions blog would realistically channel that energy into an 850-word essay without LLMs doing all the drudgery.

[bmau5]

What is the value of this article? Having family wealth is advantageous in basically every career - so I don't get why Entrepreneurship would be any different.

[fullshark]

It's class war rage bait for this audience.

[klabb3]

Entrepreneurship is generally capital intensive plus you need to take the time away from your other career if you have one.

[schnable]

Yeah the writing is terrible. It also doesn't specify who "we" is until the last paragraph. There's many entrepreneurs in this country that don't have as much wealth, they just aren't in tech.

[majormajor]

That isn't just a pattern LLM's use—it's one people use too.

But there's a whole lotta metaphor and flowery synonyms in that article too, and it all certainly feels robotic and repetitive in today's day and age.

> The thread, titled "How do parents cultivate young, famous entrepreneurial kids?" revealed insights that might make you rethink everything you thought you knew about teenage success stories.

Though I'm very curious about this sentence: that `?` at the end of the title is taking the place of a comma ending the aside about the title... but feels funky. I can't say it's wrong, but I feel like there's gotta be a better way to style it. Any English experts here?

(Also em-dashes with surrounding spaces bug me, personally.)

[hamhamed]

the em dashes are just giveaways that it's llm generated

[Esophagus4]

Thanks - saved me a click through.