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Re:Why wordfreq will not be updated by dweinus on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @10:37AM (#41580237)
> Now the Web at large is full of slop generated by large language models, written by no one to communicate nothing.

Fair and accurate. In the best cases the person running the model didn't write this stuff and word salad doesn't communicate whatever they meant to say. In many cases though, content is simply pumped out for SEO with no intention of being valuable to anyone.

Re:Why wordfreq will not be updated by FrustratedMonky on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @10:49AM (#41580397)
But, but but, LLMs can enhance productivity by speeding up content generation. This is especially useful for tasks that require repetitive or foundational work, allowing humans to focus on refining, editing, and adding nuance. In professional settings, LLM-generated content serves as a starting point, saving time on drafts while humans apply editorial oversight to ensure clarity and meaning.
Re:Why wordfreq will not be updated by commodoreboxer on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:09AM (#41580689)
The problem is that for the vast majority of use, LLM output is not revised or edited, and very many times I'm convinced the output wasn't even fully read.
Re:Why wordfreq will not be updated by robrtsql on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:11AM (#41580722)
I assume FrustratedMonky's comment was satirical, given that it appears to have been written like an LLM and starts with a "but, but, but" which is how you might represent someone you disagree with presenting their argument.
Re:Why wordfreq will not be updated by commodoreboxer on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:49AM (#41581347)
I thought so, but the rest of the comment is worded quite reasonably, so I decided to not interpret it as hyperbole or irony.
Re:Why wordfreq will not be updated by FrustratedMonky on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @12:17PM (#41581835)
"quite reasonably"

Joke is, it was GPT 4o. I didn't phrase it to be like an LLM, I asked GPT to defend itself, and used it's text un-edited. Except adding the 'but but but"

There is a lot out there that people are no longer able to determine if it is an LLM. They are getting better. That they are no longer obvious is the scary part.

Re:Why wordfreq will not be updated by commodoreboxer on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @02:25PM (#41583636)
Ah, I've never really been able to discern. There is obvious LLM text, but it's harder to tell the difference in short samples, and with some prompting to get it to write in a particular style, it's been easy to make LLM output non-obvious for a while now.
Re:Why wordfreq will not be updated by andrethegiant on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @01:53PM (#41583227)
That sentence stood out to me too, very powerful. Felt it right in the feels.