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Yes, this is definitely AI-generated. It's always weird that people don't even attempt to sanitize the output to look a little more human. The last pic was very nostalgic, however. It's like we have shared experiences very similar to the corner computer in the living room, complete with the stack of CDs (which will never get completely used).

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I can't say whether this was machine-generated or not, but the reason LLMs use these patterns is because they're often used by humans, which is what they're trained to mimic. LLM spam has now made it annoying, but there are many people who still write like this. Asking them to change their writing patterns because LLMs have ruined it for readers is not just unfair—it's offensive. (See what I did there? Double whammy!)

Sigh. That's why I stopped using — (em dash)...

> I can't say whether this was machine-generated or not, but the reason LLMs use these patterns is because they're often used by humans, which is what they're trained to mimic.

It's definitely written by an AI. I understand that people use these same rhetoric devices but the word "mimic" is exactly right. They're not writing like humans, they're mimicking human writing in a way that feels extremely uncanny.

(Hey look, I did the thing too!)

Thank you for saying this. I use those writing devices a lot, always have since I was young. I've always said I don't write like an LLM, the LLMs are copying me. Its also a common hallmark of neurodivergent writing, and it's frustrating to frequently get dismissed for being an LLM just because of writing patterns?

I'm now having to deliberately re-word my emails and comments, spending additional time, to avoid being accused of being an LLM.

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