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There are legitimate, non-cheating ways to use LLMs for writing. I often use the wrong verb forms ("They synthesizes the ..."), write "though" when it should be
by bjourne 9mo ago
There are legitimate, non-cheating ways to use LLMs for writing. I often use the wrong verb forms ("They synthesizes the ..."), write "though" when it should be "although", and forget to comma-separate clauses. LLMs are perfect for that. Generating text from scratch, however, is wrong.
- thaumasiotes 9mo ago> I often ... write "though" when it should be "although" That is a purely imaginary "error". Anywhere you can use 'although', you are free to use 'though' instead.
- bjourne 9mo agoYeah, but you cannot use although anywhere you can use though, though.
- thaumasiotes 9mo agoThat's true, but the one-way substitutability still means there is no such thing as "writ[ing] 'though' when it should be 'although'".
- rustystump 9mo agoI do similar proofing (esp spelling) but u need to be very careful as it will nudge u to specific styles that rob originality.
- bloppe 9mo agoI agree, but I don't think any of the broadly acceptable uses would result in easily identifiable flaws like those in the post, especially hallucinated URLs.