Apart from the “—“, what else gives it away? Just asking from a non-native perspective.

Romario77 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

It's just too bombastic for what it is - listing some equations with brief explanation and implementation.

If you don't know these things on some level already the post doesn't give you too much (far from 95%), it's a brief reference of some of the formulas used in machine learning/AI.

	▲	random3 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Slop brings back memories of literature teachers red-marking my "bombastic" terms in primary school essays

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TFortunato 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is probably not going to be a very helpful answer, but I sort of think of it this way: you probably have favorite authors or artist (or maybe some really dislike!), where you could probably take a look at a piece of their work, even if its new to you, and immediately recognize their voice & style.

A lot of LLM chat models have a very particular voice and style they use by default, especially in these longer form "Sure, I can help you write a blog article about X!" type responses. Some pieces of writing just scream "ChatGPT wrote this", even if they don't include em-dashes, hah!

	▲	TFortunato 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		OK, on reflection, there are a few things, Kace's response is absolutely right that the summaries tend to be a place where there is a big giveaway. There is also something about the way they use "you" and the article itself... E.g. the "you now have a comprehensive resource to understand and apply ML math. Point anyone asking about core ML math here..." bit. This isn't something you would really expect to read in a human written article. It's a ChatBot presenting it's work to "you", the single user it's conversing with, not an author addressing their readers. Even if you ask the bot to write you an article for a blog, a lot of times it's response tends to mix in these chatty bits that address the user or directly references to the users questions / prompts in some way, which can be really jarring when transferred to a different medium w/o some editing

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kace91 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not op, but it is very clearly the final summary telling the user that the post they asked the AI to write is now created.

	▲	gandalfgreybeer 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		I stopped reading the post before that and went back to check. It's so blatant...especially when it mentions visualizations. > With theoretical explanations, practical implementations, and visualizations, you now have a comprehensive resource to understand and apply ML math. Point anyone asking about core ML math here—they’ll learn 95% of what they need in one place!

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gandalfgreybeer 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

As someone who tended to use "—" in a lot of my writing naturally before, the prevalence of its usage by LLMs frustrate me a lot. I now have to rewrite things that felt natural just so no one will think I'm an LLM.

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nxobject 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Three things come to mind:

- bold-face item headers (eg “Practical Significance:”)

- lists of complex descriptors non-technical parts of the writing (“ With theoretical explanations, practical implementations, and visualizations”)

- the cheery, optimistic note that underlines a goal plausibly derived from a prompt. (eg “ Let’s dive into the equations that power this fascinating field!”)

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cgadski 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It's not really about the language. If someone doesn't speak English well and wants to use a model to translate it, that's cool. What I'm picking up on is the dishonesty and vapidness. The article _doesn't_ explore linear algebra, it _doesn't_ have visualizations, it's _not_ a comprehensive resource, and reading this won't teach you anything beyond keywords and formulas.

What makes me angry about LLM slop is imagining how this looks to a student learning this stuff. Putting a post like this on your personal blog is implicitly saying: as long as you know some some "equations" and remember the keywords, a language model can do the rest of the thinking for you! It's encouraging people to forgo learning.