Author here. Well noted. I do think backpressure might not be the ideal analogy/term.
It comes from previous posts I’ve come across, but I haven’t considered exactly what you mentioned. That’s on me.
It comes from previous posts I’ve come across, but I haven’t considered exactly what you mentioned. That’s on me.
I post this angry comment because LLMs are colonizing the language we use for creating an earnest and genuine tone in online discussion and I sometimes wonder if the suspicion surrounding LLM-ish language is worse for the health of our online spaces than the LLM slop itself. Thinking about it, I don't think it is; and it would be impossible to measure anyway.