Comment Comment by ethbr1 This. The central issue is the bait and switch.The bait: here is a ton of textThe historical implication: because there is a lot of it, I put a lot of thought and effort into writing itThe new normal: there is ZERO signal about the magnitude of human thought and effort that went into something on the basis of its length... and what really pisses people off about that: when AIstas intentionally abuse that social contract to their benefit.E.g. people who pass AI content off as their own, people who don't read their own genai before pasting to you, everyone on LinkedIn parent ethbr1 5 months ago
The bait: here is a ton of text
The historical implication: because there is a lot of it, I put a lot of thought and effort into writing it
The new normal: there is ZERO signal about the magnitude of human thought and effort that went into something on the basis of its length
... and what really pisses people off about that: when AIstas intentionally abuse that social contract to their benefit.
E.g. people who pass AI content off as their own, people who don't read their own genai before pasting to you, everyone on LinkedIn