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IMO, grammatically pleasing AI spew is exploiting the same mental shortcut as the well established "Anything looks credible if it's typeset in LaTeX" or "Printi
by PAPPPmAc 3y ago
IMO, grammatically pleasing AI spew is exploiting the same mental shortcut as the well established "Anything looks credible if it's typeset in LaTeX" or "Printing resumes on nice paper for a subconscious boost" effects.
We use secondary/contextual indicators, which are historically proxies for "How much time, expense, and/or expertise was involved in preparing this document" to judge documents. It's not even that different than printing eliminating the quality of the scribe's work as a tell.
- DrawTR 3y agoI think this is true when examining the inherent length of a body of text -- you'll look at some generated jargon that's paragraphs long and instinctually be impressed -- but the most horrifying part of this technology (at least for me) is that with only a tiny bit of effort, you can get an output that sounds well. With the right prompts, you can get a result that isn't just impressive upon first glance, but one that holds up to a decent amount of scrutiny. The latter is what scares me the most.