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The older I get the more concise I find myself (which is not to say I'm actually concise, as my comment history will demonstrate), but LLM's have really driven

The older I get the more concise I find myself (which is not to say I'm actually concise, as my comment history will demonstrate), but LLM's have really driven home just how much noise day to day communication involves. So much filler text. It still surprises me when I see non-technical enthusiasts get excited about LLMs drafting almost useless copy or email or whatever. So much garbage text no one reads but has to be written for some reason. Its weird.

integralid 1y ago
"I wrote this mail slightly longer because I didn't have time to make it short" - someone famous When writing something I want people to read, I always take time at the end to make it shorter - remove distracting sentences, unnecessary adjectives and other noise. Really works wonders for team communication.
- wafflemaker 1y ago
  >When writing something I want people to read, I always take time at the end to make it shorter - remove distracting sentences, unnecessary adjectives and other noise. This is a good advice. How can I do it when talking? I often talk too much saying little, often loosing Listener's attention in the process.
  - antisthenes 1y ago
    Just like weight loss, start talking less. Silence is better than useless noise.
Gigachad 1y ago
On one side you have people using LLMs to fluff a sentence in to an essay. And on the receiver side they are hitting a button to AI summarise it back to a sentence. What incredible technology.
nicbou 1y ago
I write guides for a living, and my audience is largely comprised of non-native speakers. I write simply and unambiguously, and I've been told multiple times that my style seeps through my blog posts, my comments and my text messages. You are so right! LLMs produce so much noise. If you ask them to be concise, they struggle to cut just the fat, and the output is often vague or misleading. I see that again and again when I ask it to produce different versions of a sentence. I imagine it's how artists feel about AI art. It seems right at first glance, but you can tell that no thought or craftsmanship went into it.

integralid 1y ago

"I wrote this mail slightly longer because I didn't have time to make it short" - someone famous When writing something I want people to read, I always take time at the end to make it shorter - remove distracting sentences, unnecessary adjectives and other noise. Really works wonders for team communication.

wafflemaker 1y ago
>When writing something I want people to read, I always take time at the end to make it shorter - remove distracting sentences, unnecessary adjectives and other noise. This is a good advice. How can I do it when talking? I often talk too much saying little, often loosing Listener's attention in the process.
- antisthenes 1y ago
  Just like weight loss, start talking less. Silence is better than useless noise.

Gigachad 1y ago

On one side you have people using LLMs to fluff a sentence in to an essay. And on the receiver side they are hitting a button to AI summarise it back to a sentence. What incredible technology.

nicbou 1y ago

I write guides for a living, and my audience is largely comprised of non-native speakers. I write simply and unambiguously, and I've been told multiple times that my style seeps through my blog posts, my comments and my text messages. You are so right! LLMs produce so much noise. If you ask them to be concise, they struggle to cut just the fat, and the output is often vague or misleading. I see that again and again when I ask it to produce different versions of a sentence. I imagine it's how artists feel about AI art. It seems right at first glance, but you can tell that no thought or craftsmanship went into it.