Comment by ThrowawayR2
3 days ago
> "Writing forces clarity. The fastest way to learn something better is to try teaching it."
Something that seems lost on those using LLMs to augment their textual output.
3 days ago
> "Writing forces clarity. The fastest way to learn something better is to try teaching it."
Something that seems lost on those using LLMs to augment their textual output.
This article is partly LLM generated or edited, fairly certain
I think it's inevitable everyone will use LLMs to assist with writing, such as editing, if it hasn't happen already. It's like having a free editor, beyond grammar or spell-checking.
If the only reason you write is as a means to and end, sure. Inevitable. If you pursue it as a craft then the struggle and imperfections are part of the process. LLM usage would sand away those wonderful flaws.
The AI slop voice is grating to me and many others. If you can avoid it or make it not feel like slop or make it feel unique, people will like it more. I don't care how you do that tbh
> You can edit a bad page, but you can’t edit a blank one.
Ideally, yes, but the final result of LLM assisted textual output by many users shows that they often have neglected the editing part just as much as they have neglected the writing part.
My father-in-law did a fair amount of editing back in the day (on paper, with red pencil/pen). He said that, when you saw something that had "blood" (red) all over it, that meant it was good. When things are bad enough, it becomes hard even to edit it.
It may not be just that people don't edit LLM output. It may be that the stylistic blandness is so pervasive, it's just too much work to remove. (Yeah, maybe you could do it. But if you were willing to spend that kind of effort, you probably wouldn't have an LLM write it in the first place.)
Airplane meme: you only see the bad LLM or obviously LLM-assisted writing.