| ▲ | brookst 2 days ago |
| If something needs editing, why would you care what tool they use? It’s like saying you wouldn’t hire an engineer because you suspect they’d use computers rather than pencil and paper. |
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| ▲ | djfdat 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Because "edited" is not a singular point. It's more like hiring a chef and getting a microwave dinner. |
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| ▲ | Agentus 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | to further this point. a lot about writing is style. editors sometimes smother the style in the name of grammar, conventions, or correctness, inoffensiveness. sometimes the incorrectness is the entire point, and the editor erases the incorrectness not realizing it was intentional. ive heard of many professions complain about their version of “editors” from comedians, to video producers, and radio jockies. | |
| ▲ | ragequittah 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | What's the line. If they use Microsoft word or grammarly to ease the process is that OK? Both of which use AI. Is there anyone in the world who isn't using this tech even before an editor looks at it? | | |
| ▲ | thomascgalvin 2 days ago | parent [-] | | For me, an important distinction is whether or not a human is reviewing the edits suggested by an AI. I toss all of my work into Apple Pages and Google Docs, and use them both for spelling and grammar check. I don't just blindly accept whatever they tell me, though; sometimes they're wrong, and sometimes my "mistakes" are intentional. I also make a distinction between generating content and editing content. Spelling and grammar checkers are fine. Having an AI generate your outline is questionable. Having AI generate your content is unacceptable. |
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| ▲ | rollcat 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Engineering is making sure stuff works first, art distant second. Even if the text is a simple article, a personal touch / style will go a long way to make it more pleasant to read. LLMs are just making everything equally average, minus their own imperfections. Moving forward, they will in-breed while everything becomes progressively worse. That's death to our culture. |
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| ▲ | cgriswald 2 days ago | parent [-] | | It’s worse. Even things not written by AI—like this comment—will
slowly converge with each other in style as humans adapt
by trying to avoid the appearance of having used AI. It won’t even be AI itself that causes this but human perception of what AI writing looks and feels like. |
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