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How to Write with an LLM

769 points · 420 comments · joeriddles

  1. S-E-P · · focus · HN ↗
    I fear in the future people will read even less because of how often people cheap out and use AI to write. I know the author of this article tells you never to use a single word it suggests, however I still, while reading, am checking for any amount of AI used. This makes reading less enjoyable, and even a bit stressful.

    If you can't spend the time to write it, why should anyone read it?

    Everything I post is from my own finger tips, only to get a reply from someone using a bot. I'm tired.

    1. Gigachad · · focus · HN ↗
      At work the jira tickets have become massive walls of AI slop. What’s worse is they contain huge amounts if useless “thinking” where the LLM explains what it did and checked rather than just giving the final result.

      As a result, when I see an AI wall of text I just don’t bother reading it and DM the submitter asking what it’s about.

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