Even pre-LLMs, I’d basically rewrite papers using simpler language when I was a co-author. The baseline was never very good, I’m afraid. For some reason researc

Even pre-LLMs, I’d basically rewrite papers using simpler language when I was a co-author. The baseline was never very good, I’m afraid. For some reason researchers love using ten-dollar words even though their overuse makes the paper read pretentious and obfuscates the meaning. Folks, please read the following essay by Orwell, and then read it again and again until it sinks: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/politics-and-the-english-language/ https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel...