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How to Write with an LLM

769 points · 420 comments · joeriddles

  1. r0ze-at-hn · · focus · HN ↗
    The advice of "use your voice" only works if you have a good writing voice and comes off like Henry Cavill's dating advice or famous writers who said that you shouldn't use a thesaurus.

    Paying close attention to posts written by folks who are not using LLM's the comments here regularly complain (sometimes extensively) about the writing quality. Doesn't matter what people are saying or suggesting about avoiding LLM writing, the real lesson I am seeing is either to naturally be gifted at writing or somehow figure out how to have LLM's help with your writing. "Rule Number One: You may not use a single word an LLM suggests to you." isn't helpful for probably the majority.

    1. tptacek · · focus · HN ↗
      Ordinary people were writing before the option existed to accept words from AI models.
      1. hobom · · focus · HN ↗
        And the question is whether that output is better than what an LLM can produce. I am not a good writer, so in my case it's not obvious.
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