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I've seen Douglas Adams use almost exactly this in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. A professor (IIRC) is talking to a former student. Quoting from me
by AnimalMuppet 23d ago
I've seen Douglas Adams use almost exactly this in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. A professor (IIRC) is talking to a former student. Quoting from memory
"Did you ever actually finish any papers?"
"No. But the reasons why not were always absolutely fascinating."
So, yeah, for me personally it's not an AI tell. I've seen it in the wild before AI.
- jchw 23d agoYeah, but that doesn't sound like AI at all. Not even close.
- dougabug 23d agoLLMs glom onto pre-existing tropes, idioms, and verbal constructs.
- MarkusQ 23d agoAnd then subtly misuse them. LLMs write like some people cook, adding bespoke artisanal Belgian sea salt, truffle oil and weirdly specific cheese without any thought given to how the result will taste.
- phoghed 23d ago> And then subtly misuse them. For example?
- porridgeraisin 23d agohttps://x.com/badlogicgames/status/2098868942685012405 https://x.com/badlogicgames/status/2098868942685012405
- shakna 23d agoIn that quote, Adams doesn't repeat himself, before making an assertion. He realises the audience has more of a context window than three words. The same is not true, of the token generation that... Mostly Claude models... Have taken to.