These models are all trained on human output. The bot output resembling human output is not surprising. This is how people write and is the kind of stuff they write about online. It’s all just remixed.
zactly - this is scifi stories from the 1950's being replayed, the shocking thing is that there's so much open mouthed "oh wowing" going on. People who are surprised by this need to read a few novels.
Re:Moltbook
by howls-n-jowls on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:54PM
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Any personal favorites?
I have read similar comments to yours before. So how do I know your comment isn't just remixed from what you read before?
I am mildly comforted by the fact that there doesn't seem to be any evidence of major suffering. I also don't believe current LLMs can be sentient. But wow, is that unsettling stuff. Passing ye olde Turing test (for me, at least) and everything. The words fit. It's freaky.
Five years ago I would've been certain this was a work of science fiction by a human. I also never expected to see such advances in my lifetime. Thanks for the opportunity to step back and ponder it for a few minutes.