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The hilarious part isn't that a human didn't write the paper. Instead, consider that in some obscure environmentalism journal, a paper might only ever be read b

The hilarious part isn't that a human didn't write the paper. Instead, consider that in some obscure environmentalism journal, a paper might only ever be read by a few dozen people around the world anyway. Even a good paper on some groundbreaking study might have very narrow interest after all. But we're fast approaching an era where only the LLMs will read the thing, and only to spit out a summary of it. No human wrote it, no humans will read it. The biggest journals will of course avoid this fate the longest, maybe even putting it off indefinitely. And some of the most useless journals have been doing worse for a long time. At some point though, doesn't academia have to wake up and realize how pointless all of this is?

alchemist1e9 3y ago
I was thinking something a bit similar about news in the future. I’m already thinking I should try to put together an automated daily briefing for myself using a list of sources and ask LLMs to write a summary briefing. But then also consider in the future the news sources will also likely be generating some of the articles with LLMs. This LLMs reading LLM output is a curious development. Same for emails also btw. I already have an LLM redraft most of my emails as it makes them more readable and concise.
- daft_pink 3y ago
  Arc browser is already summarizing things this way.
barrysteve 3y ago
It's darkening the public usage, the private channels for research and communication will become disproportionately more valuable. It's odd not to see Google or Meta try and make a copyright strike system for written text. Copy and paste LLMs are driving people away from google's ad bucks, filling FB with junk. I guess 'the web' is no longer worth defending, de facto.
- jprete 3y ago
  It's possible that the open Web simply cannot be defended. The advantage is generally on the attacking side rather than the defending side, after all.
munchler 3y ago
> No human wrote it, no humans will read it. The is probably going to be true for other types of documents as well, such as business emails. See this article: https://marketoonist.com/2023/03/ai-written-ai-read.html https://marketoonist.com/2023/03/ai-written-ai-read.html
- SoftTalker 3y ago
  This has been true for a very long time. A lot of writing is perfunctory. It's written just because it is required, but nobody really cares what it says. It's just a cover sheet on a TPS report.

alchemist1e9 3y ago

I was thinking something a bit similar about news in the future. I’m already thinking I should try to put together an automated daily briefing for myself using a list of sources and ask LLMs to write a summary briefing. But then also consider in the future the news sources will also likely be generating some of the articles with LLMs. This LLMs reading LLM output is a curious development. Same for emails also btw. I already have an LLM redraft most of my emails as it makes them more readable and concise.

daft_pink 3y ago
Arc browser is already summarizing things this way.

barrysteve 3y ago

It's darkening the public usage, the private channels for research and communication will become disproportionately more valuable. It's odd not to see Google or Meta try and make a copyright strike system for written text. Copy and paste LLMs are driving people away from google's ad bucks, filling FB with junk. I guess 'the web' is no longer worth defending, de facto.

jprete 3y ago
It's possible that the open Web simply cannot be defended. The advantage is generally on the attacking side rather than the defending side, after all.

munchler 3y ago

> No human wrote it, no humans will read it. The is probably going to be true for other types of documents as well, such as business emails. See this article: https://marketoonist.com/2023/03/ai-written-ai-read.html https://marketoonist.com/2023/03/ai-written-ai-read.html

SoftTalker 3y ago
This has been true for a very long time. A lot of writing is perfunctory. It's written just because it is required, but nobody really cares what it says. It's just a cover sheet on a TPS report.