> The bitter irony the author lands on: the only way to seem human is to pass your writing through an LLM.
(FWIW, some people consider this style of colon use an LLM-ism.)
I appreciate where you're coming from, though. As bland as LLM output can be, it seems to read more human to people because it's more average. (Although I can't really fathom seeing the neurodivergent as not human; neurodiversity is about the most human trait I can imagine. cf. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2022/11/05/think-alike/ .)
Long before the rise of ChatGPT, it seems a lot of people were immersed in a culture where "improving" your writing with tools like Grammarly was considered more or less mandatory. And it seems like people read less nowadays, certainly when it comes to attempts at good writing for writing's sake. Overall I fear the art of natural language communication is in decline.
> (FWIW, some people consider this style of colon use an LLM-ism.)
And, in this case, is indeed LLM output. Maybe you are already aware of that, I couldn't tell - the account you're responding to is 19 hours old and their only previous post is a ShowHN submission to a tool they're making for neurodiverent people to use LLMs to communicate (https://www.bottomuptool.com)
(FWIW, some people consider this style of colon use an LLM-ism.)
I appreciate where you're coming from, though. As bland as LLM output can be, it seems to read more human to people because it's more average. (Although I can't really fathom seeing the neurodivergent as not human; neurodiversity is about the most human trait I can imagine. cf. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2022/11/05/think-alike/ .)
Long before the rise of ChatGPT, it seems a lot of people were immersed in a culture where "improving" your writing with tools like Grammarly was considered more or less mandatory. And it seems like people read less nowadays, certainly when it comes to attempts at good writing for writing's sake. Overall I fear the art of natural language communication is in decline.