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This is a list of writing and formatting conventions typical of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, with real examples taken from Wikipedia articles and drafts. Its purpose is to act as a field guide in helping detect undisclosed AI-generated content.

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[–] chunes@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

At the end of the day, the reason LLMs write like this is because people write like this. Good luck.

[–] cron@feddit.org 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Many of the issues of LLMs mentioned in this article are also just writing that doesn't fit wikipedias style, e.g. emotions, claims without citations.

[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Lmao. Youve not read many change notes have you.