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Do you see Emojis in tables/code now and assume the person is using an llm? I dont really see it.

ryanf 1y ago
Maybe I'm too paranoid! If it's not LLM then I don't think it's a very well-organized post though. In addition to the emoji, things that jumped out at me were the pervasive use of bullet lists with bold labels and some specific text choices like > Note: The bash scripts in tools/ dynamically generate Rust code for specialized analysis. This keeps the main codebase clean while allowing complex experiments. But I did just edit my post to walk it back slightly.
- skydhash 1y ago
  Not TFA’s author As a non-native English speaker, 90% of my vocabulary come from technical books and SF and Fantasy novels. And due to an education done in French, I tend to prefer slightly complicated sentences forms. If someone uses LLM to give their posts clarity or for spellchecking, I would aplaud them. What I don’t agree with, LLM use or no, is meandering and inconsistency.
OmarAssadi 1y ago
Personally, it is one of the flags, yeah. It's been a while since I've tried ChatGPT or some of the others, but the structure and particular usage felt a lot like what I'd have gotten out of deepseek. It's not a binary thing, of course, but it's definitely an LLM smell, IMO.
mvieira38 1y ago
I mean, are we supposed not to? This doesn't read like a blog at all, it even has the dreaded "Key Takeaways" end section... The content is good and seems genuinely researched, but the text looks "AI enhanced", that's all
shiftingleft 1y ago
The author admits to it. https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1mh7q73/comment/n6uanug/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1mh7q73/comment/n6uan... The reply to that comment is also a good explainer of why the post has such a strong LLM smell for many.
- ryanf 1y ago
  Yeah, I completely agree with that reply, thanks for the link. BTW that Reddit post also has replies confirming my suspicions that the technical content wasn't trustworthy, if anyone felt like I was just being snobby about the LLM writing: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1mh7q73/comment/n6ubrlj/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1mh7q73/comment/n6ubr...

Maybe I'm too paranoid! If it's not LLM then I don't think it's a very well-organized post though. In addition to the emoji, things that jumped out at me were the pervasive use of bullet lists with bold labels and some specific text choices like > Note: The bash scripts in tools/ dynamically generate Rust code for specialized analysis. This keeps the main codebase clean while allowing complex experiments. But I did just edit my post to walk it back slightly.

skydhash 1y ago
Not TFA’s author As a non-native English speaker, 90% of my vocabulary come from technical books and SF and Fantasy novels. And due to an education done in French, I tend to prefer slightly complicated sentences forms. If someone uses LLM to give their posts clarity or for spellchecking, I would aplaud them. What I don’t agree with, LLM use or no, is meandering and inconsistency.

OmarAssadi 1y ago

Personally, it is one of the flags, yeah. It's been a while since I've tried ChatGPT or some of the others, but the structure and particular usage felt a lot like what I'd have gotten out of deepseek. It's not a binary thing, of course, but it's definitely an LLM smell, IMO.

mvieira38 1y ago

I mean, are we supposed not to? This doesn't read like a blog at all, it even has the dreaded "Key Takeaways" end section... The content is good and seems genuinely researched, but the text looks "AI enhanced", that's all

shiftingleft 1y ago

The author admits to it. https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1mh7q73/comment/n6uanug/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1mh7q73/comment/n6uan... The reply to that comment is also a good explainer of why the post has such a strong LLM smell for many.

ryanf 1y ago
Yeah, I completely agree with that reply, thanks for the link. BTW that Reddit post also has replies confirming my suspicions that the technical content wasn't trustworthy, if anyone felt like I was just being snobby about the LLM writing: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1mh7q73/comment/n6ubrlj/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1mh7q73/comment/n6ubr...