Comment by dimgl

11 days ago

> The build.bat above isn’t just a helper script; it’s a declaration of independence from the Visual Studio Installer.

I am so fed up with this! Please if you're writing an article using LLMs stop writing like this!

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cmovq  10 days ago

I never understood this sentence structure, it adds zero information, it always goes like:

“This isn’t just [what the thing literally is]; it’s [hyperbole on what the thing isn’t].”

  • iainmerrick  10 days ago

    It’s a perfectly fine sentence structure. It’s been around for years and years. That’s why LLMs use it!

    In the UK, Marks and Spencer have a long-running ad campaign built around it (“it’s not just food, it’s...”)

    Em dashes are fine too.

    • eviks  10 days ago

      > long-running ad campaign

      So you confirm the previous point about zero information

  • crazygringo  10 days ago

    The purpose isn't information, the purpose is drama.

    Er, sorry. I meant: the purpose isn't just drama—it's a declaration of values, a commitment to the cause of a higher purpose, the first strike in a civilizational war of independence standing strong against commercialism, corporatism, and conformity. What starts with a single sentence in an LLM-rewritten blog post ends with changing the world.

    See? And I didn't even need an LLM to write that. My own brain can produce slop with an em dash just as well. :)

    • voxelghost  10 days ago

      This is actually the scariest part. Because lately even authors and creators who are not using LLM are starting to pick up some of these ways of expressing themselves.

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zaptheimpaler  10 days ago

Humans invented writing, not LLMs. They are copying us not the other way around. You can’t jump on 1 sentence that vaguely sounds like an LLM and say it’s written by AI. It’s so silly. I understand the aversion to AI slop but this is not that.

  • Aeglaecia  10 days ago

    people run on heuristics and no amount of our righteousness will change that. the entire article absolutely reeks of LLM style so the original commentor isnt off the mark. to address your point, LLMs are copying that which leads to the most human engagement, so the way you expressed things makes it seem like you are defending junk food as real food. which of course it is, however it is designed to make someone money at the cost of human health. that's not something i'd be defending personally.

    • zaptheimpaler  6 days ago

      I don't think the article "reeks of LLM style" at all. It's actually very obviously written by a human in my eyes, there are several phrases that LLMs would not write. I see this accusation leveled at basically any piece of writing that is long and not very casual now, it just doesn't make any sense.