Re:Google Is Shattering Under Its Own Weight (The IBM-Ificat...
by ismepornnahi on Thursday May 21, 2026 @09:23PM
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Why's this poorly written piece on top of HN?
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Re:Google Is Shattering Under Its Own Weight (The IBM-Ificat...
by trollbridge on Thursday May 21, 2026 @10:52PM
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I rather enjoyed it. I also enjoyed reading something that did not give me the immediate impression it was AI generated.
Re:Google Is Shattering Under Its Own Weight (The IBM-Ificat...
by linkregister on Thursday May 21, 2026 @11:53PM
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"Write a snarky, cynical opinion piece about Google in the style of Lewis Black."
The Opus 4.7 output was remarkably similar to the content in this blog.
Re:Google Is Shattering Under Its Own Weight (The IBM-Ificat...
by alexgieg on Friday May 22, 2026 @04:50AM
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I noticed it as LLM-written by the middle of the second paragraph. The text is filled with classic rhetorical structures LLMs love making, especially the "it isn't X, it's Y" and "not A, not B, not C, but D" patterns.
Re:Google Is Shattering Under Its Own Weight (The IBM-Ificat...
by lemontheme on Saturday May 23, 2026 @02:45AM
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It’s the repetitive paragraph structure that raised my suspicions.
Sentence. Short sentence. Noun. Noun. Noun. Sentence to reflect. Wrap it up in a bow.
Sequences of short incomplete sentences, particularly in threes is such a tell
Re:Google Is Shattering Under Its Own Weight (The IBM-Ificat...
by amazingamazing on Thursday May 21, 2026 @09:29PM
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hate pieces tend to rank highly. better if it's hating on big co
Re:Google Is Shattering Under Its Own Weight (The IBM-Ificat...
by jeffbee on Thursday May 21, 2026 @09:30PM
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Why is the cat in the catnip again?
Re:Google Is Shattering Under Its Own Weight (The IBM-Ificat...
by ryanisnan on Thursday May 21, 2026 @09:31PM
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What makes you say that it was poorly written? I actually quite enjoyed it. I don't know if that says more about the writing, or me.
In english lit as a high-school student, I always thought I did reasonably well on my assignments, but consistently got C's. It was very infuriating.
Re:Google Is Shattering Under Its Own Weight (The IBM-Ificat...
by benhurmarcel on Friday May 22, 2026 @05:16AM
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It has a good title