Re:Humanising LLM Outputs Is Dumb
by tuesdaynight on Monday August 10, 2026 @07:02PM
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I thought about doing that, but I decided not to. I'm just afraid of forgetting that people are different from these LLM tools. I'm afraid of considering people dumb or uninteresting because they don't sound as smart as Claude or whatever.
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Re:Humanising LLM Outputs Is Dumb
by GMoromisato on Monday August 10, 2026 @08:01PM
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I think that is a very valid attitude also.
My take is that people deserve to be treated with respect because they are people, not because they are smart and/or interesting. I don't treat people differently based on their IQ.
But, as I said, I totally understand your point of view, particularly the idea that people are different from machines and deserve to be treated differently.
Re:Humanising LLM Outputs Is Dumb
by comradesmith on Monday August 10, 2026 @07:50PM
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That’s an interesting point too. I just don’t think I’m equipped to compartmentalise well enough.
Yeah I try to refrain from shouting at LLMs for a similar reason, I fear that it'll degrade my own social skills over time by lowering the threshold I think it appropriate to use inclement language and tone in general, including with people.
An unlikely failure mechanism perhaps but it costs me nothing to avoid it.