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My weird new hobby: Wandering around Tokyo on Google Maps

429 points · 181 comments · ahmedhossamdev

  1. N7lo4nl34akaoSN · · focus · HN ↗
    If you've talked to ChatGPT enough this is instantly recognizable as AI writing. It's this kind of romantic hacker poetic ad copy thing. The short little punchy sentences. The sentence fragments. The repetition. This new age Instagram drama: flash talk for goddesses and sunsets.

    I guess it works! But it's gross. lol.

    1. damontal · · focus · HN ↗
      Immediate tell: Same street. Same place. 2009.
      1. ahmedhossamdev · · focus · HN ↗
        I used AI for only grammar correction since English is not my first language; other than that, my ideas, my thinking, and my way of writing are mine.
        1. turpentine · · focus · HN ↗
          You've erased your own voice and evidence of thinking and writing.
          1. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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          2. ahmedhossamdev · · focus · HN ↗
            I started my blog to document my thoughts over time, and my second reason is to write as much as I can without relying on AI tools. As I said, I didn't use AI for any sentences; all the thinking was mine. I only used it for grammar checks, which helped me avoid mistakes and improve my writing skills. Even if you still think it's bad, at least I'm trying to improve. The article touched a lot of people and made it to the Hacker News front page, so I think the idea itself is fine, and thanks for your feedback.
          3. wkjagt · · focus · HN ↗
            I've started to really appreciate posts / articles with grammatical errors. I used to dislike those, but now they've become a proof of a human having written it.
            1. cmpb · · focus · HN ↗
              Someone asked me on reddit a few days ago for recommendations on places to eat in the town I live in, said they were going to be traveling here soon and wanted some ideas. So I took 30min out of my day to give some good thoughtful suggestions, clicked submit, and _then_ decided to go check out their post/comment history. It was all perfect grammar and oddly short and specific statements.

              Now I'm just annoyed and slightly embarrassed

              1. wkjagt · · focus · HN ↗
                What do you think happened? AI training strategy?
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