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How to Write with an LLM

769 points · 420 comments · joeriddles

  1. Retr0id · · focus · HN ↗
    > Present the original and new writing to the model and ask it which is better.

    LLMs have absolutely terrible taste when it comes to writing. I don't find their feedback useful at all, beyond trivial spelling/grammar mistakes, which you don't really need an LLM for in the first place.

    Proofreading is all you need.

    Edit: I do sometimes ask an LLM for a fact-check, though.

    1. ttctciyf · · focus · HN ↗
      Yeah, the best advice is: Don't. Write it yourself; make judgements; learn.

      In general use today, AI primarily functions as a stupidity amplifier: it empowers dumb people to do dumb things more pervasively, with less effort, and at unprecedented scale.

      We're moving into an era of artificially enhanced stupidity.

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