[bjourne]

There are legitimate, non-cheating ways to use LLMs for writing. I often use the wrong verb forms ("They synthesizes the ..."), write "though" when it should be "although", and forget to comma-separate clauses. LLMs are perfect for that. Generating text from scratch, however, is wrong.

[thaumasiotes]

> I often ... write "though" when it should be "although"

That is a purely imaginary "error". Anywhere you can use 'although', you are free to use 'though' instead.

[bjourne]

Yeah, but you cannot use although anywhere you can use though, though.

[thaumasiotes]

That's true, but the one-way substitutability still means there is no such thing as "writ[ing] 'though' when it should be 'although'".

[bloppe]

I agree, but I don't think any of the broadly acceptable uses would result in easily identifiable flaws like those in the post, especially hallucinated URLs.

[rustystump]

I do similar proofing (esp spelling) but u need to be very careful as it will nudge u to specific styles that rob originality.