Ask HN: What do you do with LLM articles?
I don't want to make a rant about articles written entirely or partially with the aid of LLMs. I do myself sometimes resort to that type of help if I get stuck. I just would like to know your feelings when, at some point through the reading, you realize that what you have in front has not been written by a person. The signs are by now pretty clear and at least my brain clicks as soon as that happens (I usually confirm it with an LLM detector). Emotionally, I feel a profound sense of frustration (I like the notes and imperfections that different humans bring to a perspective). Rationally, I fear that the more of this I read, the more damage I might do to my brain. Imagine reading books only from 1 author. And that author is only interested in their book sales. Maybe I am overthinking it?
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> I just would like to know your feelings when, at some point through the reading, you realize that what you have in front has not been written by a person.
I feel tricked and angry. I stop reading and won't return to that source in the future.
I feel tricked and angry. I stop reading and won't return to that source in the future.
I normally only find such articles on Hacker News. If it just sort of smells like AI slop but I can't quite pinpoint the source of the smell, I stop reading and move on. If it's very clearly written by AI (as many are), I flag the article and move on.
Without any kind of training in psychology, I'm pretty sure occasionally and unintentionally consuming AI slop isn't going to damage brains. However, I definitely believe that forming a dependence on AI could harm cognitive ability, though probably not permanently.
Without any kind of training in psychology, I'm pretty sure occasionally and unintentionally consuming AI slop isn't going to damage brains. However, I definitely believe that forming a dependence on AI could harm cognitive ability, though probably not permanently.
AI just an instrument. It can't damage brains. However bad written articles can. If you see a bad article, just don't read it and everything will be OK :)
I honestly don't care who or what wrote the article. The value comes from what's useful to me, not how much effort went into creating it.