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It's also a pretty clear indication of AI undeniably passing the turing test in case that was in debate still.

No one can really tell if what's AI generated or not anymore. We're all going by vibes and undoubtedly getting it wrong.

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i don't think that's what this means. it just means to me a certain population of people are clueless and don't use these tools enough. what's _actually_ damaging/obnoxious are the ones arguing that this guy is a good writer and that this isn't AI. IMO, telling the difference can be as simple as looking for the common giveaways, or as complex as reading between the lines of the structure of sentences, the terrible adjectives, and the soullessness of it. If you have half a brain and are well read, you can _probably_ tailor these LLMs to write in a way that reads better. But, it requires people to read a lot of content and literature to understand what good writing is, and this contrived, overly convoluted soulless soup of words is certainly not an example of it.

I agree with you and I definitely noticed the “it’s not just X, it’s Y” pattern.

But I find your comment funny because it ironically has the same “not that, this” pattern in a more verbose and less polished & less formulaic pattern.

yep, that's my signature way of writing -- "unpolished & verbose" :D

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