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I can tell from a mile away that this is written by ChatGPT / Claude, at least partially. "This distinction played a crucial role in our upgrade planning and e

I can tell from a mile away that this is written by ChatGPT / Claude, at least partially. "This distinction played a crucial role in our upgrade planning and execution strategy." "Navigating Challenges in the MySQL Upgrade Journey" "Finally, minimizing manual intervention during the upgrade process was crucial."

mannyv 2y ago
Once ChatGPT puts in "we did the needful" we're all doomed.
- greenchair 2y ago
  Dear sir, we are having a P1 incident, Prashant please revert.
brunocvcunha 2y ago
I can tell just by the frequency of the word “delve”
notinmykernel 2y ago
Agree. Repetition (e.g., crucial) in ChatGPT is an issue.
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traceroute66 2y ago
> I can tell from a mile away that this is written by ChatGPT / Claude, at least partially. Whilst it may smell of ChatGPT/Claude, I think the answer is actually simpler. Look at the authors of the blog, search LinkedIn. They are all based in India, mostly Bangalore. It is therefore more likely to be Indian English. To be absolutely clear, for absolute avoidance of doubt: This is NOT intended a racist comment. Indians clearly speak English fluently. But the style and flow of English is different. Just like it is for US English, Australian English or any other English. I am not remotely saying one English is better than another ! If, like me, you have spent many hours on the phone to Bangalore call-centres, you will recognise many of the stylistic patterns present in the blog text.
- brk 2y ago
  I agree (I've posted a similar comment in the past and collected a handful of downvotes). Much like ChatGPT, you tend to see a slight over use of more formal and obscure words and a tone that tends to feel like the topic being discussed is being given just a touch too much focus or dedication relative to the grand scheme of things. It is hard to fully describe, more of a "you know it when you see it".
- calmoo 2y ago
  There's nothing that sticks out to me as obviously Indian English in this blog post. It's almost certainly entirely run through an LLM though.
  - antisthenes 2y ago
    If there are large amounts of Indian English in an LLM's training data, it stands to reason the LLM output will be very similar to Indian English, no?
    - calmoo 2y ago
      No, I don't think so. There's nothing Indian English about the blog post. It's just overly verbose, fluffy language.
- dr-detroit 2y ago
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- 620gelato 2y ago
  (Speaking as an Indian engineer) Hate to generalize, but this has less to do with "Indian style" but rather adding a lot of fluff to make a problem appear more complex than it is, OR maybe someone set a template that you must write such and such sections, despite there not being relevant content. [ Half the sections from this article could be cut without losing anything ] In this case, the _former_ really shouldn't have been the case. I for one would love to read a whole lot more about rollback planning, traffic shifting, which query patterns saw most improvements, hardware cost optimizations, if any, etc.
kaeruct 2y ago
ChatGPT says "While it's plausible that a human might write this content, the consistent tone, structure, and emphasis on fluency suggest it was either fully or partially generated by an LLM."
- gurchik 2y ago
  How would ChatGPT know?
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godshatter 2y ago
That sounds like regular old English to me. I could see myself saying all those things without thinking it's pushing any boundaries whatsoever. I'm starting to fear that LLMs are going to dumb down our language in the same way that people feared that calculators would remove our ability to calculate mentally.
aster0id 2y ago
Because the authors are likely non native English speakers. I'm one myself and it is hard to write for a primarily native English speaking audience without linguistic artifacts that give you away, or worse, are ridiculed for.
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rand_r 2y ago
I know what you mean, and you’re probably right, but there’s a deeper problem, which is the overuse of adjectives and overall wordiness. It’s quite jarring because it reads like someone trying to impress rather than get an important message across. Frankly, ChatGPT could have written this better with a simple “improve the style of this text” directive. Example from the start: > MySQL v8.0 offered a compelling proposition with its promise of substantial performance enhancements. That could have just been “MySQL v8.0 promised substantial performance improvements.”

mannyv 2y ago

Once ChatGPT puts in "we did the needful" we're all doomed.

greenchair 2y ago
Dear sir, we are having a P1 incident, Prashant please revert.

brunocvcunha 2y ago

I can tell just by the frequency of the word “delve”

notinmykernel 2y ago

Agree. Repetition (e.g., crucial) in ChatGPT is an issue.

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traceroute66 2y ago

> I can tell from a mile away that this is written by ChatGPT / Claude, at least partially. Whilst it may smell of ChatGPT/Claude, I think the answer is actually simpler. Look at the authors of the blog, search LinkedIn. They are all based in India, mostly Bangalore. It is therefore more likely to be Indian English. To be absolutely clear, for absolute avoidance of doubt: This is NOT intended a racist comment. Indians clearly speak English fluently. But the style and flow of English is different. Just like it is for US English, Australian English or any other English. I am not remotely saying one English is better than another ! If, like me, you have spent many hours on the phone to Bangalore call-centres, you will recognise many of the stylistic patterns present in the blog text.

brk 2y ago
I agree (I've posted a similar comment in the past and collected a handful of downvotes). Much like ChatGPT, you tend to see a slight over use of more formal and obscure words and a tone that tends to feel like the topic being discussed is being given just a touch too much focus or dedication relative to the grand scheme of things. It is hard to fully describe, more of a "you know it when you see it".
calmoo 2y ago
There's nothing that sticks out to me as obviously Indian English in this blog post. It's almost certainly entirely run through an LLM though.
- antisthenes 2y ago
  If there are large amounts of Indian English in an LLM's training data, it stands to reason the LLM output will be very similar to Indian English, no?
  - calmoo 2y ago
    No, I don't think so. There's nothing Indian English about the blog post. It's just overly verbose, fluffy language.
dr-detroit 2y ago
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620gelato 2y ago
(Speaking as an Indian engineer) Hate to generalize, but this has less to do with "Indian style" but rather adding a lot of fluff to make a problem appear more complex than it is, OR maybe someone set a template that you must write such and such sections, despite there not being relevant content. [ Half the sections from this article could be cut without losing anything ] In this case, the _former_ really shouldn't have been the case. I for one would love to read a whole lot more about rollback planning, traffic shifting, which query patterns saw most improvements, hardware cost optimizations, if any, etc.

kaeruct 2y ago

ChatGPT says "While it's plausible that a human might write this content, the consistent tone, structure, and emphasis on fluency suggest it was either fully or partially generated by an LLM."

gurchik 2y ago
How would ChatGPT know?

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godshatter 2y ago

That sounds like regular old English to me. I could see myself saying all those things without thinking it's pushing any boundaries whatsoever. I'm starting to fear that LLMs are going to dumb down our language in the same way that people feared that calculators would remove our ability to calculate mentally.

aster0id 2y ago

Because the authors are likely non native English speakers. I'm one myself and it is hard to write for a primarily native English speaking audience without linguistic artifacts that give you away, or worse, are ridiculed for.

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rand_r 2y ago

I know what you mean, and you’re probably right, but there’s a deeper problem, which is the overuse of adjectives and overall wordiness. It’s quite jarring because it reads like someone trying to impress rather than get an important message across. Frankly, ChatGPT could have written this better with a simple “improve the style of this text” directive. Example from the start: > MySQL v8.0 offered a compelling proposition with its promise of substantial performance enhancements. That could have just been “MySQL v8.0 promised substantial performance improvements.”