Comment by vablings
8 hours ago
I did notice after the fingerprinting update a marked uptake in strange language in responses. Specifically if I ask it to do something sometimes it will replace some of my request language with synonyms that don't actually make any sense. Like my request was fed through google translate twice
Watermarking doesn’t affect writing quality (on average) as long as the implementation is correct.
Love your "on average" qualification. Like the cartoon where the water temperature is fine on average, with one bucket boiling and the other ice.
The interesting question is how to define 'average'. Over what probability distribution?
Hey, anyone remember this from earlier in the week? https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/anthropics_watermark_text...
It does. There is a marked difference in certain word choices that sometime stick out like a sore thumb.