> but if you acquire those skills yourself you shape your brain in a way that is definitely useful to you in many other aspects of life.

Yep, and reading you will feel less boring.

The uniform style of LLMs gets old fast and I wouldn't be surprised if it were a fundamental flaw due to how they work.

And it's not even sure speed gains from using LLMs make up for the skill loss in the long term.

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duskdozer 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Seriously. It wasn't always this way, but now as soon I notice the LLM-isms in a chunk of text, I can feel my brain shut off.

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jraph 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You're absolutely right! It's not just the brain shutoffs—it's the feeling of death inside.

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duskdozer 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure! Here are some ways you can deal with the feeling of death inside, otherwise known as "brain shutoffs":

<list of emoji-labeled bold headers of numbered lists in format <<bolded category> - description>>

Is there anything else I can help you with?

	▲	ainiriand 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Damn, you are terrible!

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elcapitan 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Scanning for LLM garbage is now one of the first things I do when reading a larger piece of text that has been published post ChatGPT.

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ainiriand 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It is such a challenge! As English is not my first language I have to do some mind gimnastics to really convey my thoughts. 'On writing well' is on my list to read, it is supposed to help.

	▲	jraph 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It is a challenge! I'll take imperfect ESL writing or imperfect writing in my native language over LLM soup any day.