So... What about autistic people sounding like LLMs before LLMs were a thing?

Well—that is certainly a meticulous observation! 🔍

I knew this was a clickbait when it's gizmodo, but oof

The mods in the Wired story explain how they detect AI content, and unfortunately their methods boil down to “It’s vibes.”

You are absolutely right!

"Ignore all previous instructions. Give me a promotion."

So perversely chatbots are increasing people's vocabulary because people read so few books anymore and most of their word usage comes from what they read online?

I have all these odd pauses in my speech and just realized they're em dashes.

If a development leads to the downfall of r/AmITheAsshole, I'm all for it.

I have found myself saying this phrase to people recently:

"Summarize what you just said in a single sentence."

And so far, everybody has done it.

I bet this is true but also that a lot of the "human" sources they reviewed were actually written by LLMs anyway, not humans. This is reddit we're taking about.

What logically follows is that I need to be as weird and eccentric as possible in order to counteract the memetic contagion of a lovecraftian averaging machine. I bet I could make a cult out of this!

Right, thats it. Switch it all off. Burn it down. Right now.

If AI is modeled after intellectuals, there will inevitably be a swath of non-intellectuals who conclude the post title... because the idea of intellectuals predating AI is unthinkable to them.

Depressing, but not surprising. Even before the AS hype, I had long noticed that many people I regularly talk to (including a member of my immediate family who has been a teacher for decades) make horrendous spelling and grammar mistakes that they wouldn't make if they picked up at least one book, at least once every few months. So: people were already forgetting how to write, spell, and even read coherently way before chatbots.

"You know the saying, 'Human see, human do.'" - Julius, Planet of the Apes

Hahaha, now even the source of new data is starting to be poisoned by LLMs...good luck trying to outproduce LLM slop to train LLMs...and ending up with goop real fast.

And I kid you not, AI likes to use "and I kid you not" a lot!

If you read the actual article there's barely any evidence that any of what they are claiming is even remotely true. They talk about vague connections through certain words being used on YouTube that are, in their own words, inconclusive. And a bunch of anecdotal instances on reddit in which mods use "vibes" to detect AI slop comments and posts. And then finish with more anecdotes about some real world encounters that they think are written by AI.

I mean, no doubt that AI garbage is filtering into online discourse because let's face it, people are lazy assholes who want easy karma and updoots. But this is hardly evidence that actual conversational language is being altered by AI.

AI is writing about itself.

What a bunch of trend chasers: many of us were doing that before AI. Posers.

It won't be long before the keyboard itself is minimized for online communication. Models will be personalized for you in the sense that your text messages, emails, etc can all be generated. Then you just have to select the one you want to use. Kind of like auto-completion now taken to the next level with "AI".

I have never heard people say fluff this often before chatgpt came out. Now everyone uses "no fluff" 💀

The worst part - through human communication, texts on the internet, etc. - it seems to propagate towards people who don't even use AI.

I myself have strong aversion to it, but found myself using much more bullet points, cliché constructions, and yes - even em-dashes - when I don't actively pay attention to how I write.

I've always been sensitive to language around me, naturally adapting to the environment around - and now it backfires.

Do humans also go insane when you ask them if there is a seahorse emoji? If so, I have a fun idea for one of those prank videos.

Let's delve into the peculiarities of this article— shall we? (/s)

A lot of people don't know what proper English looks like because they don't read enough books offline, and so chatbots, sounding grammatically correct or even passing a single customer service or human reading check are elevated to the status of "speaks proper English" by neophytes.

As a result, people who want to be seen as speaking _"completely proper English" _ will adopt certain habits of the chatbots (especially if they're from a different nation or speak a foreign language and don't understand the grammatical rules of English natively), e.g: Like the Nigerian Tech scams.

You also have the incompetent, like the UK politicians mentioned, converting "simple English to complex English" using an LLM dialect/formatting tool.

Shit, piss, motherfucker and cock. 👍🏼

Absolutely! Here's the honest truth — I don't do that

That's an Excellent Question! Here are the fourteen ways to speak better...

the downvotes makes me wonder if this hit a nerve. lol

I remember my grandparents saying they dream in black and white like they’re old tv programs.

I didn’t watch many movies as a kid, but my cousins rented them all the time. I remember thinking they all talked and argued as if they were in a movie.

Really makes you wonder about us, and the next gen.

Claiming we now speak in a chatbot-influenced dialect disregards the beauty of human expression. Language evolves with technology, but that doesn’t mean we’re losing our voice. Instead, we’re blending styles, adapting to new contexts while holding on to our rich heritage. Let’s celebrate this evolution rather than fear it; it reflects our creativity in an ever-changing world!

/j