As an aside, 'meaningful' is an obtuse adjective to use there; and it's typical of text generated by Claude.[0] I seem to see it a lot more frequently than pre-AI (~2022). Maybe my next project will be statistically analyzing word frequencies in HN comments pre-AI and post-AI.
Thanks for you concern, I typed that message out by hand and genuinely meant it. The terseness stems from the use of a mobile phone, not Claude. As it happens, I don't have an Anthropic account, nor do I possess an OpenAI one. If you look at my comment history, you'll notice I've been around for a while (as I noticed, have you).
I think a lot of the focus on AI output poisoning future models' training has left their effects on our reasoning/ vocubulary neglected, which is why I brought it up.
How we define words, what connotations they evince and the qualities they exude, simultaneously limits and enables thought.
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[0]: <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7031138" rel="nofollow">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7031138
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How we define words, what connotations they evince and the qualities they exude, simultaneously limits and enables thought.