The war on spam started to turn when we could identify it at scale; could something similar happen to LLM-authored writing?
I imagine not. There have already been cases of people being falsely flagged by algorithms when they could demonstrate the content was their own. There have been cases right here on lobst.ers where humans who can "definitely tell" mis diagnosed a piece as LLM generated.
It's one thing to have your well intended email to a peer end up in their junk box, I think having a long form communication be classified as LLM (either by user gut feel or algorithm) feels more off putting and would likely have a negative effect on production.
jorsk | 9 hours ago
Marketing plugs aside it's nice to see a leader taking human communication seriously. I've had to have this discussion constantly.
symgryph | 10 hours ago
This seems like more like an ad for their service. There's no public weights for this. It's a very interesting read though.
gnyeki | 8 hours ago
It’s not Bryan’s or Oxide’s service, is it? They were just invited to the Oxide podcast
bcantrill | 7 hours ago
Yeah, I'm genuinely just a fan: I think it's a great product -- and that it's really important work.
travisgriggs | 5 hours ago
I imagine not. There have already been cases of people being falsely flagged by algorithms when they could demonstrate the content was their own. There have been cases right here on lobst.ers where humans who can "definitely tell" mis diagnosed a piece as LLM generated.
It's one thing to have your well intended email to a peer end up in their junk box, I think having a long form communication be classified as LLM (either by user gut feel or algorithm) feels more off putting and would likely have a negative effect on production.
gunduzc | an hour ago
As "the reader", I prefer having a successful heuristic that might misfire and drawing my own conclusions rather than not having it at all.
singpolyma | 7 hours ago
How is this related to coding at all?
gnyeki | 7 hours ago
Technical writing is directly related to coding.