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Apparently the word “delve” is the biggest indicator of the use of ChatGPT according to Paul Graham.

That seems utterly bizarre to me. I don't use "delve" frequently myself, but it is common enough that it doesn't jump out as an unusual word. Perhaps it is overused or used in a not-exactly-usual context that tips one off that it is LLM-generated, but by itself it signifies nothing to me.

It is a very common word used in Nigerian style English which was a very common place they were outsourcing RLHF tasks to. A sibling comment has a link but it is also easy to google.

As a non native speaker, I didn't know the word "delve" but now I know this word. I think internet community is learning from LLM?

  > learning from LLM

Or from each other?

Saying that kind of stuff is the biggest indicator of Paul Graham (pg) himself

I’d love to see an article delve into why that is.

https://pshapira.net/2024/03/31/delving-into-delve/

Because it's common in Nigerian English, which is where they outsourced a lot of the RLHF conditioning work to.

Really!? Do you have a source for this? This would be really interesting if true.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/16/techscape...

Non native speaker here. Will remember this.

Hm... Saw that, I have used it multiple times in my comment. I was just trying to convey the meaning.

What is right use of word? What would be right word to use here?

Native English speaker here. It was the right word. At the same time, while “delve” is common enough to be recognized, it’s not that commonly used in American English, so I also was wondering if this was AI generated.

Got it. What is the common phrase used in this case? Same as what sibling comment has said?

So ChatGPT or Nigerians or me apparently... :`(

It does kind of go with "deep" though when Deep Learning is the topic. Delve into the depths.

For me it’s “eerie” it just will not stop using this word.

Absolutely, here’s why.

Nonsense. Chatgpt uses the word a lot precisely because people used it a lot.

Apparently this depends on where people are. It is not used a lot in US English, but it is used a lot in African English.

Part of training LLMs involves extensive human feedback, and many LLM makers outsource that to Africa to save money. The LLMs then pick up and use African English.

See the link in this comment [1] for an interesting article about this.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43394220

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