God damn it. Can people write interesting articles in NORMAL writing style nowadays? Why is everyone writing in these stupid short "punchline" sentences?
Seriously. This is trash. It presents no evidence, contains no original ideas, it’s just written—excuse me, generated—to be as provocative as possible.
I think I’ll just start flagging these. They’re just a new kind of spam.
I can't quite put my finger on it; obviously the "it's not this. It's that." is part of it, but even without the obvious tells that writing was AI-generated/improved, it's just so tiring to read?
Maybe a linguist can chime in why all these texts are so samey, cloying and annoying to read? Is it (just) the pacing?
I wonder if part of it is that we're mentally trying to get the actual meaning and thoughts out of it. It's inflated like trying to read a bad students essay that's struggling for word count? I wish people would just post their prompts directly.
It reminds me of the "overenthusiastic youtuber" presentation style, with jump cuts etc., just in written form. From its prevalence I can only assume that some audiences prefer it - I'd be more interested to know why that is.
This is just myth and faith. Even if all AI wrote like that, it doesn't follow that all writing in that style is by AI, hence the belief in the style. Focus less on the aesthetics, more on the message. After all, for this article to have been written in the form of a sonnet was just a prompt away.
It reads more like a transcript for a podcast. Somewhere along the way, we no longer favor illustrative anecdotes, logical arguments, or dialectical arguments. Everything is a podcast now.
All of a sudden everybody is a writing style critic. The only question that is pertinent is if the message of the post is relevant.
Think about it. You wouldn't give someone crap for writing in broken English because there are many really smart people that are non English speakers. So why are we giving crap for people using AI to write better posts? If the idea is relevant, what's the point in criticizing the style?
A fair question would be "is the idea in the post actually the writer's or was it entirely done by AI"? However how can one actually tell if the idea, not the style is original? You can't. So it's pointless to be angry about style. Focus on the message.
No. I have a lot of respect for people who write in a second language. You can often tell because the content is thoughtful and some of the word choices or grammar is quirky.
This is a bozo who prompted the machine for a viral essay. He did not write anything. He does not know anything.
"is the idea in the post actually the writer's or was it entirely done by AI"
Look. If you don't want your readers to worry that your hard-written article is AI slop - just don't run it through the slopifier. Or at the very least, spend 5 minutes tweaking the output.
If you can't be assed to do that, then it's very likely that you don't have valuable insights to share.
coffeefirst|27 days ago
I think I’ll just start flagging these. They’re just a new kind of spam.
bux93|27 days ago
I can't quite put my finger on it; obviously the "it's not this. It's that." is part of it, but even without the obvious tells that writing was AI-generated/improved, it's just so tiring to read?
Maybe a linguist can chime in why all these texts are so samey, cloying and annoying to read? Is it (just) the pacing?
nemomarx|27 days ago
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dude250711|27 days ago
> The ... isn’t just ... . It’s ... .
gchamonlive|27 days ago
rawgabbit|26 days ago
gchamonlive|27 days ago
Think about it. You wouldn't give someone crap for writing in broken English because there are many really smart people that are non English speakers. So why are we giving crap for people using AI to write better posts? If the idea is relevant, what's the point in criticizing the style?
A fair question would be "is the idea in the post actually the writer's or was it entirely done by AI"? However how can one actually tell if the idea, not the style is original? You can't. So it's pointless to be angry about style. Focus on the message.
coffeefirst|27 days ago
This is a bozo who prompted the machine for a viral essay. He did not write anything. He does not know anything.
Izkata|26 days ago
Pretty sure the point is it's making the post worse, not better.
fwip|26 days ago
Look. If you don't want your readers to worry that your hard-written article is AI slop - just don't run it through the slopifier. Or at the very least, spend 5 minutes tweaking the output.
If you can't be assed to do that, then it's very likely that you don't have valuable insights to share.
gedy|27 days ago
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