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Re:ManusAI Joins Meta by yanslookup on Monday December 29, 2025 @05:46PM (#46426852)
I don't get it.

They are saying the announcement means more to them than just a headline that most will scroll past. Maybe you are seeing something I'm not.

Re:ManusAI Joins Meta by sokka_h2otribe on Monday December 29, 2025 @05:48PM (#46426879)
Op is saying it sounds like it was written like an LLM
Re:ManusAI Joins Meta by azangru on Monday December 29, 2025 @07:11PM (#46427816)
I don't get it either.

Since LLMs emulate human writing, what is it about that sentence that gives away that it was written by an LLM rather than human? Haven't we seen plenty of hollow-sounding self-aggrandizing marketing copies like this one pre-LLMs? What is it that is wrong with this sentence?

Please don't say it's an em-dash...

Re:ManusAI Joins Meta by mcintyre1994 on Monday December 29, 2025 @07:18PM (#46427872)
It’s a sentence structure that LLMs over-use: “this isn’t just X, it’s Y”.
Re:ManusAI Joins Meta by shimman on Monday December 29, 2025 @07:20PM (#46427890)
It sounds like corporate meaningless drivel. Everyone is dogging on it because it's no different than when startups of yore would say "making the world a better place." As if the meaningless platitude was some incantation you had to whisper or the funding wouldn't close.
Re:ManusAI Joins Meta by lobito25 on Monday December 29, 2025 @07:25PM (#46427935)
it's always the em-dash
Re:ManusAI Joins Meta by nikoomilana on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @11:08AM (#46434719)
Give this a read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing#...

I linked "Negative Parallelisms" because it's relevant here, but the article in general covers a lot of AI writing styles

Re:ManusAI Joins Meta by yanslookup on Monday December 29, 2025 @05:49PM (#46426896)
ok... it's an AI company, It'd be odd if it weren't written by AI, no?
Re:ManusAI Joins Meta by bentcorner on Monday December 29, 2025 @06:09PM (#46427140)
I'm all for dogfooding but if you work for a bicycle company it shouldn't mean you can't drive to work. The right tool for the right job.
Re:ManusAI Joins Meta by rbtprograms on Monday December 29, 2025 @05:52PM (#46426943)
Would that be odd? AI companies are still staffed by people, and large announcements like acquihires certainly feel like they could use a slightly more human touch if they truly mean a lot to the company.
Re:ManusAI Joins Meta by conception on Monday December 29, 2025 @05:51PM (#46426924)
It is odd that they didn’t care or have the wherewithal to make it not sound obviously like an LLM wrote it.
Re:ManusAI Joins Meta by Aerolfos on Monday December 29, 2025 @06:25PM (#46427345)
Eh if anyone is all in on AI and it replacing human writing it would be an AI company

But then that means if you're a PR or communications person working at this startup (or at Meta?) your job is not secure and that your days there are probably numbered, which I'm sure is great for morale...

Re:ManusAI Joins Meta by polynomial on Monday December 29, 2025 @06:21PM (#46427292)
Still getting paid either way.