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It almost feels like gpt created literature when you start to read it, seemingly linking unrelated issues and concepts. But later in I became convinced it’s rea

It almost feels like gpt created literature when you start to read it, seemingly linking unrelated issues and concepts. But later in I became convinced it’s real and very interesting. Very meme-like, in the original definition of meme that is. A “virus” of the mind.

gary_0 4y ago
It read like parody to me at first, but I verified the domain[0] and it's not. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press
- Traubenfuchs 4y ago
  This has been a thing for a while. https://www.reddit.com/r/fakedisordercringe/ https://www.reddit.com/r/fakedisordercringe/ It's status as illness though, let alone mass-illness is dubious at best.
  - bowsamic 4y ago
    If you can't voluntarily stop it and it's causing negative effects to your quality of life then why can't it be called an illness? These people aren't going to get professional help just for the fun of it
    - tedunangst 4y ago
      > Third, patients often reported to be unable to perform unpleasant tasks because of their symptoms resulting in release from obligations at school and home, while symptoms temporarily completely disappear while conducting favourite activities.
      - mrguyorama 4y ago
        That makes no comment about whether the symptoms are on purpose, or unconscious. Ask any ADHD or OCD person about "symptoms that arise around unpleasant tasks"
      - bowsamic 4y ago
        How does that imply that it’s voluntary?
  - astura 4y ago
    These illnesses appear to be very real, even if sociogenetic in origin. Someone researching the same thing has this to say https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/nov/16/the-unknown-is-scary-why-young-women-on-social-media-are-developing-tourettes-like-tics https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/nov/16/the-unknown-is... >Olvera’s research has not gone down well in some quarters. “I’m frustrated,” she says. “I’ve tried to stop reading a lot of what is written out there.” She’s received “lots” of angry emails. “My colleagues have had a positive response to my research,” she says, “but I don’t know if it’s been perceived appropriately by the public. The last thing I would want is for my patients to walk away from this thinking that their disorder is fake or not worthwhile.” >Much of the controversy arises from the misapprehension that doctors are accusing young people of faking Tourette’s for attention, or arguing that TikTok is giving people Tourette’s. Neither claim is true. “What the media has boiled it down to,” says Olvera, “is that if it’s not Tourette syndrome, it’s fake. But just because it’s not Tourette syndrome doesn’t mean it’s fake. This is a real condition. Even though it’s not typical Tourette’s, it’s very disruptive and stressful.”
    - bowsamic 4y ago
      A lot of the responses in this thread demonstrate the same dismissal that she discusses
ejolto 4y ago
The last sentence of the abstract felt especially unnatural: > since spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as local communities or school environments spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as schools or towns.
- DanSmooth 4y ago
  The whole sentence could use some more punctuation marks, like so: A large number of young people across different countries are affected, with considerable impact on health care systems and society as a whole. Since spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as local communities or school environments, spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as schools or towns.
  - indigochill 4y ago
    The second sentence both says the same thing twice and actually doesn't make any sense when you parse it. > Since spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as local communities or school environments, spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as schools or towns. The sequence "spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations" appears in exactly that sequence twice in that sentence. If you cut the redundancy down to "spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations", that doesn't make sense either since social media was never restricted to specific locations. I'm not saying it's definitely written entirely by GPT, but mindlessly repeating sequences is very GPT-like behavior. Maybe academics are using GPT to pad their word count? Or maybe the authors and their editors just need more coffee?
- caf 4y ago
  Yes, I too got to that sentence and thought "Are we being pranked by a GPT-written academic article?"
- bowsamic 4y ago
  As someone in academia, that reads just like a sentence that wasn't peer reviewed by a native English speaker.

gary_0 4y ago

It read like parody to me at first, but I verified the domain[0] and it's not. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press

Traubenfuchs 4y ago
This has been a thing for a while. https://www.reddit.com/r/fakedisordercringe/ https://www.reddit.com/r/fakedisordercringe/ It's status as illness though, let alone mass-illness is dubious at best.
- bowsamic 4y ago
  If you can't voluntarily stop it and it's causing negative effects to your quality of life then why can't it be called an illness? These people aren't going to get professional help just for the fun of it
  - tedunangst 4y ago
    > Third, patients often reported to be unable to perform unpleasant tasks because of their symptoms resulting in release from obligations at school and home, while symptoms temporarily completely disappear while conducting favourite activities.
    - mrguyorama 4y ago
      That makes no comment about whether the symptoms are on purpose, or unconscious. Ask any ADHD or OCD person about "symptoms that arise around unpleasant tasks"
    - bowsamic 4y ago
      How does that imply that it’s voluntary?
- astura 4y ago
  These illnesses appear to be very real, even if sociogenetic in origin. Someone researching the same thing has this to say https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/nov/16/the-unknown-is-scary-why-young-women-on-social-media-are-developing-tourettes-like-tics https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/nov/16/the-unknown-is... >Olvera’s research has not gone down well in some quarters. “I’m frustrated,” she says. “I’ve tried to stop reading a lot of what is written out there.” She’s received “lots” of angry emails. “My colleagues have had a positive response to my research,” she says, “but I don’t know if it’s been perceived appropriately by the public. The last thing I would want is for my patients to walk away from this thinking that their disorder is fake or not worthwhile.” >Much of the controversy arises from the misapprehension that doctors are accusing young people of faking Tourette’s for attention, or arguing that TikTok is giving people Tourette’s. Neither claim is true. “What the media has boiled it down to,” says Olvera, “is that if it’s not Tourette syndrome, it’s fake. But just because it’s not Tourette syndrome doesn’t mean it’s fake. This is a real condition. Even though it’s not typical Tourette’s, it’s very disruptive and stressful.”
  - bowsamic 4y ago
    A lot of the responses in this thread demonstrate the same dismissal that she discusses

ejolto 4y ago

The last sentence of the abstract felt especially unnatural: > since spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as local communities or school environments spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as schools or towns.

DanSmooth 4y ago
The whole sentence could use some more punctuation marks, like so: A large number of young people across different countries are affected, with considerable impact on health care systems and society as a whole. Since spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as local communities or school environments, spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as schools or towns.
- indigochill 4y ago
  The second sentence both says the same thing twice and actually doesn't make any sense when you parse it. > Since spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as local communities or school environments, spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as schools or towns. The sequence "spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations" appears in exactly that sequence twice in that sentence. If you cut the redundancy down to "spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations", that doesn't make sense either since social media was never restricted to specific locations. I'm not saying it's definitely written entirely by GPT, but mindlessly repeating sequences is very GPT-like behavior. Maybe academics are using GPT to pad their word count? Or maybe the authors and their editors just need more coffee?
caf 4y ago
Yes, I too got to that sentence and thought "Are we being pranked by a GPT-written academic article?"
bowsamic 4y ago
As someone in academia, that reads just like a sentence that wasn't peer reviewed by a native English speaker.