> The build.bat above isn’t just a helper script; it’s a declaration of independence from the Visual Studio Installer.
I am so fed up with this! Please if you're writing an article using LLMs stop writing like this!
> The build.bat above isn’t just a helper script; it’s a declaration of independence from the Visual Studio Installer.
I am so fed up with this! Please if you're writing an article using LLMs stop writing like this!
I never understood this sentence structure, it adds zero information, it always goes like:
“This isn’t just [what the thing literally is]; it’s [hyperbole on what the thing isn’t].”
It’s a perfectly fine sentence structure. It’s been around for years and years. That’s why LLMs use it!
In the UK, Marks and Spencer have a long-running ad campaign built around it (“it’s not just food, it’s...”)
Em dashes are fine too.
The purpose isn't information, the purpose is drama.
Er, sorry. I meant: the purpose isn't just drama—it's a declaration of values, a commitment to the cause of a higher purpose, the first strike in a civilizational war of independence standing strong against commercialism, corporatism, and conformity. What starts with a single sentence in an LLM-rewritten blog post ends with changing the world.
See? And I didn't even need an LLM to write that. My own brain can produce slop with an em dash just as well. :)
This is actually the scariest part. Because lately even authors and creators who are not using LLM are starting to pick up some of these ways of expressing themselves.
Humans invented writing, not LLMs. They are copying us not the other way around. You can’t jump on 1 sentence that vaguely sounds like an LLM and say it’s written by AI. It’s so silly. I understand the aversion to AI slop but this is not that.
For vibe-writing, the vibes aren't even that good!