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> I suspect, as we continue forward, humans will slowly start to adopt the language of LLMs, or at least certain language quirks that come from interacting with

> I suspect, as we continue forward, humans will slowly start to adopt the language of LLMs, or at least certain language quirks that come from interacting with LLMs. Something I've noticed in my own writing is that I now present lists of examples in a consistent way: "... such as <example 1>, <example 2>, etc., ...". Why would you consider using lists an "LLM" language thing? I really don't understand this concept. Like even this project, the top words I can see are: 1. load-bearing 2. plainly 3. quietly 4. refusal 5. survived How are they LLM words? I used them all the time before ChatGPT was a thing. Like if your claim is you use "etc." more because you talk to an LLM, I think you're just discovering human language, no? Like it's not a unique LLM thing that magically dropped and is now going to make people do it. It's a legit thing that most human writers have used for a long time -> which is why LLMs copy it. It's not backward. A better claim than "people will start writing like LLMs" could be that people will become more literate in expressing themselves. But that literacy is not alien or AI to us, it is basic human language only used properly.

ddj231 2mo ago
the issue with some of these quirks is that not that they are not part of the English language but rather the llms usage is unnatural. Also when you have that redundancy proliferated to millions of users it gets tiresome fast, and becomes a tell-tale sign for AI generation. It’s like an AI signature on some written content. Because many people do not want to consume AI generated content this becomes a sign of what to avoid. Granted picking apart single words outside of context doesn’t give the full picture. (well except “load bearing” which is turning into a meme at this point)
- altmanaltman 2mo ago
  Yes I understand that but I refuse to believe this idea that it influences how people talk. As you said, the typical AI-style of writing is very easily recognised and is not really great for everyday communications. Also it makes no sense you will start writing like an AI because you spend time communicating with it. There is also no benefit in typing like an AI to an AI. So i think its a good cover up for "i used ai to write this comment" but claim "i write like AI now lol because i talk to AI so my ai comment is actually human comment" which seems to happen a lot here lately as pushback against ai generated text becomes common

ddj231 2mo ago

the issue with some of these quirks is that not that they are not part of the English language but rather the llms usage is unnatural. Also when you have that redundancy proliferated to millions of users it gets tiresome fast, and becomes a tell-tale sign for AI generation. It’s like an AI signature on some written content. Because many people do not want to consume AI generated content this becomes a sign of what to avoid. Granted picking apart single words outside of context doesn’t give the full picture. (well except “load bearing” which is turning into a meme at this point)

altmanaltman 2mo ago
Yes I understand that but I refuse to believe this idea that it influences how people talk. As you said, the typical AI-style of writing is very easily recognised and is not really great for everyday communications. Also it makes no sense you will start writing like an AI because you spend time communicating with it. There is also no benefit in typing like an AI to an AI. So i think its a good cover up for "i used ai to write this comment" but claim "i write like AI now lol because i talk to AI so my ai comment is actually human comment" which seems to happen a lot here lately as pushback against ai generated text becomes common