They're AI tells. No human would write about how "corporate friction" "introduces friction at the infrastructure layer", except maybe someone who's trying to use big words to sound smart, because it barely makes sense (what "friction"? "Infrastructure layer", what are the other layers?)
AI didn't invent the terms, they were a part of the training data given to it.
The real tell is that you've not been in the group of people that use these terms frequently enough for you to think they're normal.
It's like the emdash alarmism, AI never invented emdash, nor did it invent using it frequently. Its training was full of examples, so many that AI picked up using it frequently.
> like the emdash alarmism, AI never invented emdash, nor did it invent using it frequently. Its training was full of examples, so many that AI picked up using it frequently
Look at my comment history. I emdash. But I adapted by removing the spaces around them—AI hasn’t similarly adapted.
Most comments on HN with emdashes aren’t slop. But if it starts getting into Wernicke word-salad territory and there are emdashes? With spaces? At that point, it’s fair to flag.
I'm laughing not at you but the ludicrousness of the times - I use endash heavily, have done for a minute, but now I see endash used by LLMs with no surrounding spaces.
I think that the "identify AI by some artefact" is just another game of whack-a-mole, and the better approach is to look at the quality of what's being presented.
I have argued before, and still feel strongly, that LLM/AI generated images/audio/text is causing a stronger inspection of what's being presented as fact, which is a healthy thing (how far that will go is yet to be determined, as per when the availability of Photoshop generated content exploded)
> now I see endash used by LLMs with no surrounding spaces
Goddamit. (Flippity floppity floop.)
> LLM/AI generated images/audio/text is causing a stronger inspection of what's being presented as fact, which is a healthy thing
If it is, I agree. What I think is actually happening is folks are skimming and then concluding on vibes. Unfortunately, that means “I don’t agree” gets lumped in with “this is slop.”
