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God damn it. Can people write interesting articles in NORMAL writing style nowadays? Why is everyone writing in these stupid short "punchline" sentences?

dude250711 8mo ago
That's ChatGPT for you: > The ... isn’t just ... . It’s ... .
- gchamonlive 8mo ago
  This is just myth and faith. Even if all AI wrote like that, it doesn't follow that all writing in that style is by AI, hence the belief in the style. Focus less on the aesthetics, more on the message. After all, for this article to have been written in the form of a sonnet was just a prompt away.
  - dude250711 8mo ago
    These people do not put in any effort and go for defaults. I see this with images too.
kykat 8mo ago
Because it's not people doing the writing.
subpixel 8mo ago
Because it’s a lead generation machine
gedy 8mo ago
Because they aren't writing, it's vibe blogging or whatever
bux93 8mo ago
It's exhausting to read. I can't quite put my finger on it; obviously the "it's not this. It's that." is part of it, but even without the obvious tells that writing was AI-generated/improved, it's just so tiring to read? Maybe a linguist can chime in why all these texts are so samey, cloying and annoying to read? Is it (just) the pacing?
- nemomarx 8mo ago
  I wonder if part of it is that we're mentally trying to get the actual meaning and thoughts out of it. It's inflated like trying to read a bad students essay that's struggling for word count? I wish people would just post their prompts directly.
- Retr0id 8mo ago
  It reminds me of the "overenthusiastic youtuber" presentation style, with jump cuts etc., just in written form. From its prevalence I can only assume that some audiences prefer it - I'd be more interested to know why that is.
  - penetrarthur 8mo ago
    or "reels" equivalent of an article
- ryandrake 8mo ago
  It's like a LinkedIn post, stretched to 3000 words.
coffeefirst 8mo ago
Seriously. This is trash. It presents no evidence, contains no original ideas, it’s just written—excuse me, generated—to be as provocative as possible. I think I’ll just start flagging these. They’re just a new kind of spam.
gchamonlive 8mo ago
All of a sudden everybody is a writing style critic. The only question that is pertinent is if the message of the post is relevant. Think about it. You wouldn't give someone crap for writing in broken English because there are many really smart people that are non English speakers. So why are we giving crap for people using AI to write better posts? If the idea is relevant, what's the point in criticizing the style? A fair question would be "is the idea in the post actually the writer's or was it entirely done by AI"? However how can one actually tell if the idea, not the style is original? You can't. So it's pointless to be angry about style. Focus on the message.
- Izkata 8mo ago
  > So why are we giving crap for people using AI to write better posts? Pretty sure the point is it's making the post worse, not better.
  - gchamonlive 8mo ago
    Not talking about this post anymore, because it being flagged is more reason it's just click bait. But in all honesty, for some it's extremely hard to write concisely in English. Maybe what you call worse is actually better in comparison to what the person could write by himself, insights notwithstanding.
- coffeefirst 8mo ago
  No. I have a lot of respect for people who write in a second language. You can often tell because the content is thoughtful and some of the word choices or grammar is quirky. This is a bozo who prompted the machine for a viral essay. He did not write anything. He does not know anything.
  - gchamonlive 8mo ago
    Do you know this for a fact? How? Honest question.
    - 8mo ago
rawgabbit 8mo ago
It reads more like a transcript for a podcast. Somewhere along the way, we no longer favor illustrative anecdotes, logical arguments, or dialectical arguments. Everything is a podcast now.

dude250711 8mo ago

That's ChatGPT for you: > The ... isn’t just ... . It’s ... .

gchamonlive 8mo ago
This is just myth and faith. Even if all AI wrote like that, it doesn't follow that all writing in that style is by AI, hence the belief in the style. Focus less on the aesthetics, more on the message. After all, for this article to have been written in the form of a sonnet was just a prompt away.
- dude250711 8mo ago
  These people do not put in any effort and go for defaults. I see this with images too.

kykat 8mo ago

Because it's not people doing the writing.

subpixel 8mo ago

Because it’s a lead generation machine

gedy 8mo ago

Because they aren't writing, it's vibe blogging or whatever

bux93 8mo ago

It's exhausting to read. I can't quite put my finger on it; obviously the "it's not this. It's that." is part of it, but even without the obvious tells that writing was AI-generated/improved, it's just so tiring to read? Maybe a linguist can chime in why all these texts are so samey, cloying and annoying to read? Is it (just) the pacing?

nemomarx 8mo ago
I wonder if part of it is that we're mentally trying to get the actual meaning and thoughts out of it. It's inflated like trying to read a bad students essay that's struggling for word count? I wish people would just post their prompts directly.
Retr0id 8mo ago
It reminds me of the "overenthusiastic youtuber" presentation style, with jump cuts etc., just in written form. From its prevalence I can only assume that some audiences prefer it - I'd be more interested to know why that is.
- penetrarthur 8mo ago
  or "reels" equivalent of an article
ryandrake 8mo ago
It's like a LinkedIn post, stretched to 3000 words.

coffeefirst 8mo ago

Seriously. This is trash. It presents no evidence, contains no original ideas, it’s just written—excuse me, generated—to be as provocative as possible. I think I’ll just start flagging these. They’re just a new kind of spam.

gchamonlive 8mo ago

All of a sudden everybody is a writing style critic. The only question that is pertinent is if the message of the post is relevant. Think about it. You wouldn't give someone crap for writing in broken English because there are many really smart people that are non English speakers. So why are we giving crap for people using AI to write better posts? If the idea is relevant, what's the point in criticizing the style? A fair question would be "is the idea in the post actually the writer's or was it entirely done by AI"? However how can one actually tell if the idea, not the style is original? You can't. So it's pointless to be angry about style. Focus on the message.

Izkata 8mo ago
> So why are we giving crap for people using AI to write better posts? Pretty sure the point is it's making the post worse, not better.
- gchamonlive 8mo ago
  Not talking about this post anymore, because it being flagged is more reason it's just click bait. But in all honesty, for some it's extremely hard to write concisely in English. Maybe what you call worse is actually better in comparison to what the person could write by himself, insights notwithstanding.
coffeefirst 8mo ago
No. I have a lot of respect for people who write in a second language. You can often tell because the content is thoughtful and some of the word choices or grammar is quirky. This is a bozo who prompted the machine for a viral essay. He did not write anything. He does not know anything.
- gchamonlive 8mo ago
  Do you know this for a fact? How? Honest question.
  - 8mo ago

rawgabbit 8mo ago

It reads more like a transcript for a podcast. Somewhere along the way, we no longer favor illustrative anecdotes, logical arguments, or dialectical arguments. Everything is a podcast now.