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Comment by rawgabbit

With ChatGPT, I notice it tends to use abstract subjects. E.g., ChatGPT wrote "Texas allows treated sewage sludge to be used as agricultural fertilizer, yet the proposed law requiring routine PFAS testing failed to advance". I would have written "Texas allows treated sewage sludge to be used as agricultural fertilizer, yet the state failed to advance the proposed law requiring routine PFAS testing".

No matter how many times, I ask it to avoid fluff; it keeps writing it. E.g., Please avoid fluff sentences like "This is where the story gets more interesting." and "Here is how the evidence compares." They are not needed and serve no purpose.

I also notice its sentences do not provide a clear sense of who did what. E.g., it wrote "According to pilgrimage organizer Christian Marquant, Bishop Schneider met with Pope Leo in December 2025 and discussed the traditional Latin Mass." I would have wrote "According to pilgrimage organizer Christian Marquant, Bishop Schneider discussed the traditional Latin Mass with Pope Leo on December 2025." The phrase "met with" was extraneous and made it seem like the meeting was by accident.

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