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This seems to be AI written, or co-written, hard to tell though. It seems AI is converging on a more terse information dense style that is closer to my own, whi

This seems to be AI written, or co-written, hard to tell though. It seems AI is converging on a more terse information dense style that is closer to my own, which is good but I do worry that it’ll make my writing look like AIs.

fwipsy 6mo ago
"AI style" is an artifact of certain writing styles being overrepresented in training data. I expect in the long run it will be impossible to distinguish AI writing reliably. https://marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-i-dont-write-like-chatgpt https://marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-i-dont-write-li...
- cjbgkagh 6mo ago
  I did predict as much, I figured it would occur as a side effect of improved information density. As the models got smarter they would have more useful pints to make. On one hand it feels validating, on the other hand I am a bit worried that my written work will look like AI. While I would consider it no longer slop I do worry about a loss of relative advantage.
dangus 6mo ago
I don’t agree, it seems pretty normal. I also don’t really like policing writing style when there aren’t any glaring errors.
stronglikedan 6mo ago
> This seems to be AI written, or co-written, hard to tell though. I didn't get that at all. Calling out AI for the sake of it is the new virtue signal, unfortunately.
- cjbgkagh 6mo ago
  I consider it very well written, perhaps too well written, I think we are departing the AI slop era. I’m not decrying it as slop not worth reading, I just think it’s an interesting development.
- footydude 6mo ago
  I don't know whether it's a sign of it being AI or not but I did find it a bit weird that within the first 3 sentences there were 2 different "less like X and more like Y" statements: > the reason is that this is less like painting a wooden fence, which is easy, and more like changing the colour of a carbon-fibre Formula 1 part, which requires re-calculating the weight, strength and aerodynamics. and > this is less like making ice cubes and more like baking a complex soufflé where every degree of temperature and milligram of ingredients matters. Not a problem, but it felt odd enough that I noticed it, so maybe that's what got them thinking it was AI written/assisted?

fwipsy 6mo ago

"AI style" is an artifact of certain writing styles being overrepresented in training data. I expect in the long run it will be impossible to distinguish AI writing reliably. https://marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-i-dont-write-like-chatgpt https://marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-i-dont-write-li...

cjbgkagh 6mo ago
I did predict as much, I figured it would occur as a side effect of improved information density. As the models got smarter they would have more useful pints to make. On one hand it feels validating, on the other hand I am a bit worried that my written work will look like AI. While I would consider it no longer slop I do worry about a loss of relative advantage.

dangus 6mo ago

I don’t agree, it seems pretty normal. I also don’t really like policing writing style when there aren’t any glaring errors.

stronglikedan 6mo ago

> This seems to be AI written, or co-written, hard to tell though. I didn't get that at all. Calling out AI for the sake of it is the new virtue signal, unfortunately.

cjbgkagh 6mo ago
I consider it very well written, perhaps too well written, I think we are departing the AI slop era. I’m not decrying it as slop not worth reading, I just think it’s an interesting development.
footydude 6mo ago
I don't know whether it's a sign of it being AI or not but I did find it a bit weird that within the first 3 sentences there were 2 different "less like X and more like Y" statements: > the reason is that this is less like painting a wooden fence, which is easy, and more like changing the colour of a carbon-fibre Formula 1 part, which requires re-calculating the weight, strength and aerodynamics. and > this is less like making ice cubes and more like baking a complex soufflé where every degree of temperature and milligram of ingredients matters. Not a problem, but it felt odd enough that I noticed it, so maybe that's what got them thinking it was AI written/assisted?