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Did you do any kind of AI assisted proofreading or grammar? So much of the structure of the article screams AI.

Stuff like this:

> Each one of these, on its own, is just a bug. Together, they’re a culture.

And the headings starting with "The"

AI seems to have adopted a style reminiscent of startup marketers circa 2020 - really simple, lots of one liner quips and far too much incredulity about minor things. Now we've come full circle!

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I do usually do a pass through Grammarly, and there are some times when I ask AI for help getting my point across. But I always try to change what they write into something I feel I would say.

I'm the first to say I'm not the best writer...


> I always try to change what they write into something I feel I would say.

Or is this also true: "I don't change what a LLM writes so long as it doesn't seem like something I would write"

It's just like vibe coding it's the new normal. We don't notice our own unique voices when writing. But as a collective we do notice LLM voices.

Submissions are different than comments in HN rules - don't worry about it.




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