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by nodemaker 1193 days ago
I would like to make the opposite argument. All these days I didnt share my thoughts because everyone else was and my voice would be drowned in a sea of voices. In post GPT4 era its easier to stand out if your thoughts are actually original and refreshing because most people sound like their thoughts have been written by GPT.

To rephrase it another way, the reign of the conformist ends here and the reign of the contrarian begins now.

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A lovely sentiment in theory, but Waldo is still perniciously difficult to find even though he dresses differently from every other character.
What if all characters other than waldo were just dressing the same because they were trying to ape each other to get fictitious points on social forums. Internet has trained an entire generation to make arguments to get validation on social media that definitely reflects in the ideas that are put forward.
Or just the reign of brevity. Sheer volume is no longer impressive.
Great point. More volume in explaining the same thought is more GPT like.
Your ideas are low probability autocomplete. GPT wants popular ideas, not novel ideas.
I was trying to say that what most people say is mostly unoriginal and is very reminiscent of GPT style writing. What data GPT trains on or pays attention to is another question.