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by grayclhn
2 hours ago
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This is a little silly — if I quote a large passage from an encyclopedia (or whatever), I cite the source. If I use an LLM to write some of a paper or report, I’m not writing that part (even if I edit it or rephrase it or whatever) so I’d better credit the LLM in whatever way is most consistent with how its output is being presented in the paper. |
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Yes, if you are writing a longer piece of communication and you just verbatim ship whatever the LLM spits out, it is important that you note that in the communication. This obviously applies to deepfakes as well.
But this quickly gets slippery. If an LLM generates an initial draft of a paragraph, and I edit it 10 times making mostly stylistic changes, do I need to cite the LLM for that passage? How much personal touch is enough to absolve one of LLM citation? We don't require filmmakers to present a "this is CGI" banner during films (only occasionally in trailers), if a filmmaker uses an LLM to generate 20% of the contents of a film, much in the manner of CGi usage, do they need to add a disclaimer?
The text produced by an LLM really doesn't function the same way text produced by humans does. The cited human is a stable entity that exists, not a stateless machine. You can ask them about their quoted work, look up their history, etc. There is a stable participant in the field with a stable identity that you can talk to. Not so for LLM produced text.
At the end of the day whatever it is your present is coming from you. Own it. If you feel the need to hedge that such and such was from an LLM it probably means that it's bullshit that you'd better rework or at least understand much better before you pass your slop off to some poor coworker