4 ms·
>Informal tone and mistakes actually signal that the message was written by a human and the imperfections increase my trust in the effort spent on the thing. I
by crassus_ed 7mo ago
>Informal tone and mistakes actually signal that the message was written by a human and the imperfections increase my trust in the effort spent on the thing.
Isn’t this a bit short sighted? So if someone has a wide vocabulary and uses proper grammar, you mistrust them by default?
- bonoboTP 7mo agoNot necessarily but it carries less weight than pre-LLMS. Obviously it's just a heuristic and not the whole story and telltale AI signs are not purely about good spelling and grammar. But I just appreciate some natural, human texture in my correspondence these days.
- tryauuum 7mo agoa vocabulary of certain width raises a question "does this creature understand the words it is using?". So yeah I mistrust them more
- coldtea 7mo ago>Isn’t this a bit short sighted? So if someone has a wide vocabulary and uses proper grammar, you mistrust them by default? Yes, people, in general, do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_gjWlW0kRs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_gjWlW0kRs
- nine_k 7mo agoI'd say, not "people in general" but people form other socioeconomic strata. This guy is not talking like us, suspicious. He talks in an elaborate and thought-through manner, not simply, so, he's not candid, double suspicious!
- basilikum 7mo agoI'm personally suspicious of anyone using the word candid.
- irishcoffee 7mo ago> Isn’t this a bit short sighted? So if someone has a wide vocabulary and uses proper grammar, you mistrust them by default? I don't trust anyone who doesn't use swear words, does that count?