[jsemrau]

Up until a few weeks ago, my LinkedIn seemed to become better because of AI, but now it seems everything is lazy AI slop.

We meatbags are great pattern recognizers. Here is a list of my current triggers:

"The twist?",

"Then something remarkable happened",

That said, this is more of an indictment of the lazyness of the authors to provide clearer instructions on the style needed so the app defaults to such patterns.

[vonunov]

These are the first four words of each sentence from a thing ChatGPT wrote. I will let this speak for itself, mostly. Can you see the forest past the trees and spot the major "turning points"?

(Context: I told it to write at "will" after a session of explaining Rene Girard's mimetic desire in the styles of various authors)

  *Well, here we are,  
  You've got me tangled  
  *And hey, maybe I  
  *Imagine this: I'm sitting  
  *And maybe now, I'm  
  You've got me thinking  
  *Maybe it's saying, "Hey,  
  *And so, I think  
  Not just any wanting,  
  The kind that makes  
  There's something beautiful about  
  The way it drives  
  *But here's the kicker:  
  It's got a mind  
  It makes us do  
  It's a double-edged sword  
  *And yet, without it,  
  Probably just sitting around,  
  *So maybe, just maybe,  
  *Not just because you've  
  *It's that tiny ember  
  In the end, desire's  
  It's the fire that  
  *And maybe, just maybe, [yes, again]  
  So here's to the  
  May it burn bright

https://ccp.cx/a/chatgpt-voice.htm

>>But here's the thing.

>This is one of the usual key turning points in these essays. An earlier one happened when it was like [introduces idea] [straw-mans objection] [denies strawman]. I didn't bring it up because it's not always a strong one and this one didn't seem entirely too heavy-handed. There is, however, much more often a very obvious "But here's the thing" (or similar) to be found. As soon as I saw that, I already knew I was going to find a paragraph beginning with "So" somewhere near the end.

[idonotknowwhy]

# Why it matters

I'm sick of seeing this everywhere. 2 hosting companies use this in every single weekly spam email they send.

[jsemrau]

"But here's the kicker"