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‘with the decision to bring to return the astronaut to Earth.’ I’m seeing more and more mistakes like this in articles this past year. Is proofreading not a th

by xvxvx 9mo ago

‘with the decision to bring to return the astronaut to Earth.’ I’m seeing more and more mistakes like this in articles this past year. Is proofreading not a thing anymore?

Tostino 9mo ago
I take it as a signal that a human was editing it rather than an LLM.
- Cyan488 9mo ago
  "Please add one deliberate but minor spelling or grammar mistake to your output".
  - Tostino 9mo ago
    I did mean one of many signals I use to evaluate if something is LLM generated. But point taken that I should weight it accordingly.
verzali 9mo ago
Ars doesn't seem to have any editors. Typos are pretty common and sometimes they get facts pretty badly wrong too.
fredoralive 9mo ago
In the current climate for journalism the subeditor is a dying breed…
damnitbuilds 9mo ago
I don't mind minor mistakes, if the news site corrects them when people inform them. What is not acceptable is that news sites do not do these corrections.