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> i know that is terrible timing and im genuinely sorry about that. This Twitter-style faux-casual way of writing is so common among AI people right now (see S

by rafram 1y ago

> i know that is terrible timing and im genuinely sorry about that. This Twitter-style faux-casual way of writing is so common among AI people right now (see Sam Altman) and it’s extremely grating. I don’t know anything about this project, but if they really cared about their users, I would hope that they’d use capital letters and punctuation when addressing them in an official announcement.

landl0rd 1y ago
"hello fellow humans im friendly and approachable lol" Also: > "and honestly? i..." > "this is not just content moderation - it is a..." These are two huge shibboleths of gpt-ese. He had to specifically tell the bot to write in that style.
- blitzar 1y ago
  My personal prompt is 'make me sound like an insufferable twat'. Hate on LLMs all you want but 60% of the time, it works every time.
- rcruzeiro 1y ago
  Perhaps a bit of a personal conspiracy theory: I do wonder if this was "written" this way because having ChatGPT write it like this is the only somewhat guaranteed way to have it avoid putting em dashes everywhere.
wiredone 1y ago
The great thing about language is that it changes over time. eg the past decade has seen us remove “that” as a qualifier, and the word literally has become interchangeable with figuratively. its worth considering whether you’re just losing touch…
- rafram 1y ago
  > eg the past decade has seen us remove “that” as a qualifier, and the word literally has become interchangeable with figuratively The latter didn’t happen just in the last decade, and the former hasn’t happened at all. But no, I can pretty confidently say that the English language still has capitalization and punctuation in it, it’s mostly just on Twitter and in AI-related blog posts where people write like this.
fourside 1y ago
It reminds me of those affectations some kids back in high school picked up on purpose just to stand out. I knew a guy who went through a phase where he’d always talk about penguins and owned a bunch of penguin related paraphernalia because that was “his thing”. That kind of posturing is forgivable when you’re a teen. When you do it as the CEO of one of the most influential companies today, it’s grating. When you do it because you’re another CEO in a similar market and you’re trying to signal that you’re part of the “in” crowd, it’s frankly embarrassing.
- superb_dev 1y ago
  God forbid people have interests? I don’t think being really into penguins is a good example
- p3rls 1y ago
  personally i find people who use the wrong apostrophe, don't know how punctuation works with quotes and tell pointless stories to be grating. c´est la vie.
raincole 1y ago
Really lol. It's a situation where people are censored and potentially prosecuted by government and your first reaction is nitpicking grammar?
pinoy420 1y ago
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johnny22 1y ago
what do you mean "twitter style"? People have written like that on the internet for years (like on IRC) for years before twitter existed. I don't know if that's where it started, but it certainly didn't start with twitter.

by rafram 1y ago

landl0rd 1y ago

"hello fellow humans im friendly and approachable lol" Also: > "and honestly? i..." > "this is not just content moderation - it is a..." These are two huge shibboleths of gpt-ese. He had to specifically tell the bot to write in that style.

blitzar 1y ago
My personal prompt is 'make me sound like an insufferable twat'. Hate on LLMs all you want but 60% of the time, it works every time.
rcruzeiro 1y ago
Perhaps a bit of a personal conspiracy theory: I do wonder if this was "written" this way because having ChatGPT write it like this is the only somewhat guaranteed way to have it avoid putting em dashes everywhere.

wiredone 1y ago

The great thing about language is that it changes over time. eg the past decade has seen us remove “that” as a qualifier, and the word literally has become interchangeable with figuratively. its worth considering whether you’re just losing touch…

rafram 1y ago
> eg the past decade has seen us remove “that” as a qualifier, and the word literally has become interchangeable with figuratively The latter didn’t happen just in the last decade, and the former hasn’t happened at all. But no, I can pretty confidently say that the English language still has capitalization and punctuation in it, it’s mostly just on Twitter and in AI-related blog posts where people write like this.

fourside 1y ago

It reminds me of those affectations some kids back in high school picked up on purpose just to stand out. I knew a guy who went through a phase where he’d always talk about penguins and owned a bunch of penguin related paraphernalia because that was “his thing”. That kind of posturing is forgivable when you’re a teen. When you do it as the CEO of one of the most influential companies today, it’s grating. When you do it because you’re another CEO in a similar market and you’re trying to signal that you’re part of the “in” crowd, it’s frankly embarrassing.

superb_dev 1y ago
God forbid people have interests? I don’t think being really into penguins is a good example
p3rls 1y ago
personally i find people who use the wrong apostrophe, don't know how punctuation works with quotes and tell pointless stories to be grating. c´est la vie.

raincole 1y ago

Really lol. It's a situation where people are censored and potentially prosecuted by government and your first reaction is nitpicking grammar?

pinoy420 1y ago

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johnny22 1y ago

what do you mean "twitter style"? People have written like that on the internet for years (like on IRC) for years before twitter existed. I don't know if that's where it started, but it certainly didn't start with twitter.