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Where is the problem with using LLM generated text? You could use your own hypothetical house elf to do it for you, or pay someone to do it. LLMs are just chea
by wuschel 2mo ago
Where is the problem with using LLM generated text?
You could use your own hypothetical house elf to do it for you, or pay someone to do it. LLMs are just cheaper for a certain set of problems.
People will find ways to circumvent this, so this limitation will only hit the technically less adept people.
- zahlman 2mo ago> Where is the problem with using LLM generated text? In the fact that you didn't write it. > You could use your own hypothetical house elf to do it for you, or pay someone to do it. Yes, and those would be similarly problematic (and more expensive).
- ivan_gammel 2mo ago> In the fact that you didn't write it. This is a fact and this is generally not a problem. Customer support guy Joe did not write that email to you with a refund: someone else did it and Joe did pick the template. Alice did not write that post card to Bob, someone else did and she just googled some nice text. We deal with a lot of content that wasn’t written by the person who signed it. That content, when written by LLM, may indeed contain watermarks and nobody will care about the choice of words, because only the meaning matters in such communications. People pay too much attention to authenticity here, which is no more than a demonstration of an effort. LLM can and should write scientific articles because the real effort is in directing research, not summarizing it. LLMs can and should write news, because it is cheap and efficient, and real reporting is in discovery. LLM can and should write fiction and make movies, because there is no reason why creators of various junk should earn their money easily. LLMs do not replace real talent. They just emphasize for an average person how easily replaceable they are. And that‘s ok. Creative industry is a blue collar job now.
- Alpha3031 2mo agoIf it's not a problem, then there should be no issue with not concealing the fact, no? Lying about things one considers inconsequential is a useful signal about one's willingness to lie with little benefit.
- jorisw 2mo agoIt's easy to name examples of where authenticity matters and where it doesn't. In case of the former, there is a problem worth solving.
- vrganj 2mo agoNobody says it's a problem. We'd just like to know. Factory farming also makes meat cheaper than organic practices. I'd just like to know which one I'm getting.
- NicuCalcea 2mo agoIf there was a ghostwriting detector, I would use that too.