Fragments: October 21

Gergely Orosz is frustrated at those that entered his explicitly “No AI” essay competition and used AI. He goes on to say:

When I start to suspect some part is AI about someone I don’t know: how can I tell how much of it is? And how much time and effort do I want to invest to figure out?

I fear most people do not realize this last part: that when it takes time and effort from others to figure out what % is AI, and what % is YOU, then I will simply assume it’s probably 100% AI and 0% you

So when producing anything that is meant for other humans, if you use even a little AI, you risk the assumption that it is all AI and pointless to pay attention to

In general, I agree with him, and react much the same. Once I hear LLM Voice, I flip the bozo bit and check out of the post.

But as I do this I have caveats. How accurate is my neural net at AI-detection, are humans taking on AI-ish elements in their normal communication? And more seriously there are some valid uses for AI. Jim Highsmith’s story of his second brain helping him deal with Parkinson’s is one. Another is folks who don’t know English well, using AI to translate. Am I being unfair when I flip the AI voice bit when I read/listen to them?