▲Yes
when I plop down into an unfamiliar codebase and ask for a synopsis and introduction.
When I ask for diagnostic of an error I don’t understand.
When I ask for a first draft of documentation (way easier to edit than generate from nothing)
When I ask how to do something obscure buried deep in a configuration setting
reply▲LogicCraft67842 minutes ago
[-] Yes, when it adds value and informative, specially when it summarizes the core idea of 100 pages
reply▲When it answers something I asked, or when I play with a small model with llama.cpp, I sometimes find their reasoning funny while they go in circles.
reply▲I avoid obviously AI-written prose. If it wasn’t important enough for the author to put effort into writing it, why should I put effort into reading it?
reply▲TheServitor6 hours ago
[-] If it's good enough, sure. Not much of it is.
But there's also the whole epistemic issue of "if it's good enough, you won't know it's AI." My AI-dar is pretty keen but given the quantity of things I read and the quantity of AI stuff out there, it's entirely likely something I thought was human and liked was actually AI. In which case, there doesn't seem much point in getting retroactively upset about it if someone later tells me. shrug
reply▲Enjoy? No, but a lot of reading and writing is very functional, for communication purposes for business etc. (documentation is a good example). In these cases the important thing is that it's accurate.
reply▲Sometimes i realize I'm reading AI bullshit while I'm already a few paragraphs deep (and then auto-close). I get this feeling that something is "off", don't know how to explain. This happens more often with topics like movies and gaming news. I guess it is just easier to fake that kind of text to a perceived sufficiently quality threshold. Maybe because most of the human-written text in the genera already looks LLM-ish (repetition, conjecture, listicles...)
reply▲__patchbit__8 hours ago
[-] A 70 page summary a human expert in that field does not reject is fine, you do see AI prose padding in there.
reply▲Only when it adds value and still sounds human.
reply▲Only when it answers a question i asked.
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