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> We study vocabulary changes in 14 million PubMed abstracts from 2010-2024, and show how the appearance of LLMs led to an abrupt increase in the frequency of c

> We study vocabulary changes in 14 million PubMed abstracts from 2010-2024, and show how the appearance of LLMs led to an abrupt increase in the frequency of certain style words. "Delving".. Sounds like the authors might have used an LLM while writing this paper as well.

smelendez 2y ago
It’s a joke. Delve is the first example they show.
- klipt 2y ago
  I associate the word strongly with Lord of the Rings. "The AI researchers delved too greedily and too deep, and awoke the BaLLMrog."
  - throawayjune 2y ago
    LLMichel Delving
esafak 2y ago
It's the Voight-Kampff test for LLMs :)
CJefferson 2y ago
This is clearly a joke in the paper, they mention Delving is on of the words with the biggest frequency increase.
MattGaiser 2y ago
That’s the joke.
usef- 2y ago
I'm surprised people make such a big deal out of "delving", it doesn't seem rare. Maybe it was less common in the US than elsewhere? (and do I have to deliberately avoid it now, to avoid sounding like AI?)
- daemonologist 2y ago
  I think it's not an extraordinarily rare word in the US, but it does feel to me more at home in a blog post or business strategy-ish document than a PubMed abstract. People are making a big deal of it just because the signal is so strong (25x more common now than in 2022).
  - SoftTalker 2y ago
    Yes, it's a bullshit business buzzword. It shows up because the LLMs are trained on a lot of corporate word salad.
    - touisteur 2y ago
      It might rather be because of who is (was) doing the HF of RLFH, or where most big moat builders went https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/16/techscape-ai-gadgest-humane-ai-pin-chatgpt https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/16/techscape...
- dweekly 2y ago
  The spike is global. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=delving&hl=en https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=delving&...
- atarkmani 2y ago
  We in the US we like to DiG
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smelendez 2y ago

It’s a joke. Delve is the first example they show.

klipt 2y ago
I associate the word strongly with Lord of the Rings. "The AI researchers delved too greedily and too deep, and awoke the BaLLMrog."
- throawayjune 2y ago
  LLMichel Delving

esafak 2y ago

It's the Voight-Kampff test for LLMs :)

CJefferson 2y ago

This is clearly a joke in the paper, they mention Delving is on of the words with the biggest frequency increase.

MattGaiser 2y ago

That’s the joke.

usef- 2y ago

I'm surprised people make such a big deal out of "delving", it doesn't seem rare. Maybe it was less common in the US than elsewhere? (and do I have to deliberately avoid it now, to avoid sounding like AI?)

daemonologist 2y ago
I think it's not an extraordinarily rare word in the US, but it does feel to me more at home in a blog post or business strategy-ish document than a PubMed abstract. People are making a big deal of it just because the signal is so strong (25x more common now than in 2022).
- SoftTalker 2y ago
  Yes, it's a bullshit business buzzword. It shows up because the LLMs are trained on a lot of corporate word salad.
  - touisteur 2y ago
    It might rather be because of who is (was) doing the HF of RLFH, or where most big moat builders went https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/16/techscape-ai-gadgest-humane-ai-pin-chatgpt https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/16/techscape...
dweekly 2y ago
The spike is global. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=delving&hl=en https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=delving&...
atarkmani 2y ago
We in the US we like to DiG

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