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> but if you acquire those skills yourself you shape your brain in a way that is definitely useful to you in many other aspects of life. Yep, and reading you w
by jraph 9mo ago
> but if you acquire those skills yourself you shape your brain in a way that is definitely useful to you in many other aspects of life.
Yep, and reading you will feel less boring.
The uniform style of LLMs gets old fast and I wouldn't be surprised if it were a fundamental flaw due to how they work.
And it's not even sure speed gains from using LLMs make up for the skill loss in the long term.
- duskdozer 9mo agoSeriously. It wasn't always this way, but now as soon I notice the LLM-isms in a chunk of text, I can feel my brain shut off.
- jraph 9mo agoYou're absolutely right! It's not just the brain shutoffs—it's the feeling of death inside.
- duskdozer 9mo agoSure! Here are some ways you can deal with the feeling of death inside, otherwise known as "brain shutoffs": <list of emoji-labeled bold headers of numbered lists in format <<bolded category> - description>> Is there anything else I can help you with?
- ainiriand 9mo agoDamn, you are terrible!
- elcapitan 9mo agoScanning for LLM garbage is now one of the first things I do when reading a larger piece of text that has been published post ChatGPT.
- ainiriand 9mo agoIt is such a challenge! As English is not my first language I have to do some mind gimnastics to really convey my thoughts. 'On writing well' is on my list to read, it is supposed to help.
- jraph 9mo agoIt is a challenge! I'll take imperfect ESL writing or imperfect writing in my native language over LLM soup any day.