[cormorant]

Honest question: how do you all sense when a page is AI-written? To me, the many headings, lists, and frequent use of bold stand out stylistically. Additionally: the multilevel numbered table of contents; the parenthetical acronyms (to the point of silliness, as in "Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)" stand out.

Non-stylistically, the non-answers to questions or misinterpreted questions (read the bolded final sentence under "What is the octane rating of synthetic gasoline?") are a tell.

[SoftTalker]

This style of news writing (headings in the form of a question followed by a paragraph of answer) had already started before widespread use of LLMs to write news stories. Particularly in papers targeted at mass audiences such as USA Today (also seen in their the many local papers that Gannett has assimilated).

[cormorant]

Yes and even in the New York Times[†], but somehow it's still different in some way I can't articulate.

[†] Q&A format: https://archive.is/20250828121105/https://www.nytimes.com/20... ;

Bulleted list with bold format: https://archive.is/g8K5w#live-feed-items

[ZeroGravitas]

The oddly diverse (this isn't the right word but can't think of the right one) list of articles created by the vaguely named author seems to point in this direction too:

https://iere.org/author/iere-team/

[alexjplant]

Just wait until you find an AI-generated page [1] made from one of your own forum posts [2]... it's an odd sensation of flattery that evolves into disgust as you realize that an LLM has no taste so you can't even derive satisfaction from another person finding you good enough to rip off.

[1] https://bikermtb.com/kilo-bicycles-2/

[2] https://www.bikeforums.net/general-cycling-discussion/129598...

[cormorant]

Wow, that's...something.

[walthamstow]

Homepage looks AI-written to me. The defined sections, use of banal emojis like globe and brain, use of bolding.

[ainiriand]

I write like that as my wife is an SEO specialist and showed me the impact of those elements in SEO.

[cormorant]

Interesting, good to know, though I wish it weren't so. I wonder how long until the pendulum (of SEO) swings the other way, and then following it, AI websites' style.

[anon_cow1111]

ctrl+f "furthermore"