Tech Leaders Call Out AI-Generated Writing Slop
His post on X drew replies from tech engineers frustrated with LLM slop in writing and code.
Bryan Cantrill posted on X that he cannot finish the first paragraph of obviously LLM-generated pieces shared online. He asked those linking such articles whether they actually read them. Replies from engineers including Max Spero, Karanbir Singh, and Matthew Sanabria described common markers like leading motivational headings and over-explanation. Several noted people prompting LLMs to expand notes into posts and then to summarize the results. Others mentioned similar patterns appearing in code and interview answers where the source material had not been understood.
To those linking to pieces that are obviously 100% LLM generated: do you... actually read them? I can't make it through the FIRST PARAGRAPH without my brain hitting its LLM abort; did you actually READ the WHOLE THING? Fine, you no longer write, but do you also no longer READ?!
Tech Leaders Call Out AI-Generated Writing Slop
His post on X drew replies from tech engineers frustrated with LLM slop in writing and code.
Bryan Cantrill posted on X that he cannot finish the first paragraph of obviously LLM-generated pieces shared online. He asked those linking such articles whether they actually read them. Replies from engineers including Max Spero, Karanbir Singh, and Matthew Sanabria described common markers like leading motivational headings and over-explanation. Several noted people prompting LLMs to expand notes into posts and then to summarize the results. Others mentioned similar patterns appearing in code and interview answers where the source material had not been understood.
To those linking to pieces that are obviously 100% LLM generated: do you... actually read them? I can't make it through the FIRST PARAGRAPH without my brain hitting its LLM abort; did you actually READ the WHOLE THING? Fine, you no longer write, but do you also no longer READ?!