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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. JimDabell · · focus · HN ↗
      > If you can't spend the time to write it, why should anyone read it?

      This isn’t your thought; you are merely regurgitating a sentence we have all heard many times before, practically word for word.

      Presumably you think there is value in posting yet another copy of that other person’s thoughts in this discussion, despite having spent no time or effort in thinking it up yourself.

      Why is that? Is it because you think there is inherent value in the sentence you transcribed, in spite of the near zero effort you spent creating it? If you think anybody here should read it, then you have undermined your own point. If you don’t think anybody should read it, then you shouldn’t post it.

      1. 63stack · · focus · HN ↗
        I may not be the one that came up with a thought originally, but I can echo it because I agree with it.
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