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by rdedev 54 days ago
> language itself is one tool of communication invented to supersede body-language and grunting and noises

That's a pretty utilitarian view of language. How would it feel if everyone spoke and wrote like a PR representative? This is what an article written by an LLM is starting to sound like.

I'm even willing to argue that the way in which you convey your ideas is as important as the idea itself. Like we could all be eating soylent for our daily nutritional requirements but we don't. The taste of the food we eat is important. It's the same with writing for me

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I wouldn't make that big of a deal out of it for sure. People already sound that way to me. Everyone saying "have a nice day" when they don't mean it, and don't get me started on office-speak. You don't see me throwing a fit everytime says "let's circle back on this" or "let's take this offline". The LLMs are trained to not ruffle any feathers, similar to office speak. you get that, i get that. the meaning of OP is well communicated. Why are you making a big deal out of it?

I don't think all this crusading has any place in a technical discussion.