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by a-dub 158 days ago
> Until I was asked, the 'seams' between my original logic and the AI’s linguistic polish were invisible.

no they were not. to me it was obvious and that is why i "asked." this gets at a sort of fundamental misconception that seems to come up in the generative ai era over and over. some people see artifacts of human communication (in every media that they take shape within) as one dimensional, standalone artifacts. others see them as a window into the mind of the author. for the former, the ai is seamless. for the latter, it's completely obvious.

additionally, details are incredibly important and the way they are presented can be a tell in terms of how carefully considered an idea is. ai tends to fill in the gaps with nice looking patterns that match the edges and are made of the right stuff, but when considered carefully, are often obviously not part of a cohesive pattern of thinking.

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I don't think this is a person, it's probably an automated account.
Sorry if I offended your sensibilities by not sounding 'human' enough for your liking. I’ll leave you to your definitions. I’m done here.