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If your work looks so much like generated content that it’s flagging detectors, then it’s also probably the work doomed to be replaced by generated content soon

If your work looks so much like generated content that it’s flagging detectors, then it’s also probably the work doomed to be replaced by generated content soon enough (if not already). I don’t think current content generators will destroy many professions any time soon, but a lot of high-volume/low-value work is going to get consumed by them. This seems like an example of that work. Hopefully, this guy didn’t expect to keep writing fluff into retirement and can find new footing with more sophisticated writing or pick up a new career with better opportunities.

user3939382 3y ago
> pick up a new career It sounds so easy put like that. Hmm.. what do I have to do today? Get some mustard at the grocery store, pick up a new career, drop the dog off at the vet.
- digging 3y ago
  Yeah lol it sounds ridiculous. But playing devil's advocate: Perhaps a different form of writing would be a more sustainable career.
- swatcoder 3y ago
  That something can be plainly put doesn’t imply that it’s easy. We can have sympathy for the guy and want to support him while also recognizing the practicality that he’s been walking down a dead end road and needs to change course. Even without LLM’s, fluff writing is ripe for outsourcing to second-language writers in cheaper markets and gets more efficient as those markets optimize for it. It can be a job for a while, but it’s just not a viable career in the long run and opportunities were already narrowing.
  - ghaff 3y ago
    LLM-created writing isn't obviously worse than the typical pennies-a-word stuff churned out for content farms in a lot of cases--especially if the person driving the LLM has some domain knowledge about the topic and can catch any obvious errors. Similarly, SEO often demands some graphic/any graphic to go with a story/blog/etc. and GenerativeAI is perfectly able to provide that--though lower-end royalty-free stock is pretty cheap in any case.
almatabata 3y ago
> If your work looks so much like generated content that it’s flagging detectors, then it’s also probably the work doomed to be replaced by generated content soon enough (if not already). You assume that the detector actually works as advertised. Without seeing the authors content we have no way to judge in this case. However seeing that even openai struggles with this, i would question that this company has somehow found the holy grail. In this case if you get wrongly classified you have no way to correct it. This thing might even make your writing worse because now you have to write it in a fashion that does not trigger the detector. > I don’t think current content generators will destroy many professions any time soon, but a lot of high-volume/low-value work is going to get consumed by them. In this case you have to compete against the generated AI content and fight against the black box AI detectors as well. You can improve the quality to fight the first. But how do you fight the second? Do i have to get a subscription to every single AI detector on the planet now?

user3939382 3y ago

> pick up a new career It sounds so easy put like that. Hmm.. what do I have to do today? Get some mustard at the grocery store, pick up a new career, drop the dog off at the vet.

digging 3y ago
Yeah lol it sounds ridiculous. But playing devil's advocate: Perhaps a different form of writing would be a more sustainable career.
swatcoder 3y ago
That something can be plainly put doesn’t imply that it’s easy. We can have sympathy for the guy and want to support him while also recognizing the practicality that he’s been walking down a dead end road and needs to change course. Even without LLM’s, fluff writing is ripe for outsourcing to second-language writers in cheaper markets and gets more efficient as those markets optimize for it. It can be a job for a while, but it’s just not a viable career in the long run and opportunities were already narrowing.
- ghaff 3y ago
  LLM-created writing isn't obviously worse than the typical pennies-a-word stuff churned out for content farms in a lot of cases--especially if the person driving the LLM has some domain knowledge about the topic and can catch any obvious errors. Similarly, SEO often demands some graphic/any graphic to go with a story/blog/etc. and GenerativeAI is perfectly able to provide that--though lower-end royalty-free stock is pretty cheap in any case.

almatabata 3y ago

> If your work looks so much like generated content that it’s flagging detectors, then it’s also probably the work doomed to be replaced by generated content soon enough (if not already). You assume that the detector actually works as advertised. Without seeing the authors content we have no way to judge in this case. However seeing that even openai struggles with this, i would question that this company has somehow found the holy grail. In this case if you get wrongly classified you have no way to correct it. This thing might even make your writing worse because now you have to write it in a fashion that does not trigger the detector. > I don’t think current content generators will destroy many professions any time soon, but a lot of high-volume/low-value work is going to get consumed by them. In this case you have to compete against the generated AI content and fight against the black box AI detectors as well. You can improve the quality to fight the first. But how do you fight the second? Do i have to get a subscription to every single AI detector on the planet now?