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Comment · 1 month ago
“Built for RSI” sounds like the kind of meaningless thing an AI would throw into a tagline to garner clicks.
Comment · 3 months ago
For me, it's mostly in the rhythm and pacing of the sentences -- everything is sooo so punchy. Paragraphs are composed of high-impact, terse sentences. Phrases like "Both perspectives, one person", separated on their own line for dramatic effect. To me it feels like the linguistic equivalent of ultraprocessed food; it's over-engineered for impact and gravitas, to get its point across.

I honestly feel like my actual writing style has drifted towards this, and I'm sure others' have too (although I overused em-dashes before it was uncool!).

But I think that… feeling someone's distinct verbal fingerprint as you read is a signal of authenticity among a sea of lazily generated slop, whereas even a carefully-crafted, thoughtful piece where the final thing is generated by an AI is missing that signal of authenticity.

Comment · 3 months ago
This might be interesting, but it reads so strongly like AI slop I had to stop.
Comment · 3 months ago
I’d argue that talking about “authentic” AI-generated images is oxymoronic.
Comment · 5 months ago
This is where I’m at too lol.
Comment · 5 months ago
Oop you’re totally right! Bit close to home. :)
Comment · 5 months ago
“A system where those with money can multiply is” sure sounds dystopian to me.
Comment · 6 months ago
Comment of the week
Comment · 7 months ago
They were also designed to addict adults, just saying.
Comment · 7 months ago
If you type in “Hi, how are you?” and go back and forth between English and LinkedIn Speak a few times, it winds up with “I’d like to sell you something.” Pretty accurate.
Comment · 8 months ago
> Cope and cognitive dissonance
Comment · 9 months ago
To be fair, AI probably wrote the blog post from a short prompt, which would explain the lack of detail.
Comment · 1 year ago
I wonder how much of the site was AI-generated. The images definitely are (kids with different numbers of fingers from each other in the same picture lol).

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