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For some of us writing good text takes a lot of time and effort.
by tidbeck 29d ago
For some of us writing good text takes a lot of time and effort.
- ramon156 29d agoThen throw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing into your context and call it a day. there is no excuse for not proof-reading what you expect others to read.
- trelbutate 29d agoIt's just a bit of text for a website that describes what a product does, what features it has, and maybe an FAQ. It shouldn't take you long. For something like this you can even start with LLM text and then rewrite it in your own words and it will sound much better .
- rswail 29d agoHaving had to edit the documentation from native English speakers in the past, rewriting "in their own words" made it unclear, way too detailed about unnecessary options, and badly formed sentences. The average person cannot write good documentation (or website copy). It's an actual skill to learn how to phrase things, ensure that the documentation delivers the right level of detail to the different reader types etc. As English writers, software developers make great programmers, not authors.
- bulder 28d agoSaying that the average person can't write good documentation or copy means nothing when the LLMs can't write good documentation or copy either. I'd rather have crappy human written docs than the LLM word salad. For example, > A background watcher reads the foreground app's identifier once per second; when it changes, the overlay you authored for that app is layered on top of the device's global bindings, with per-app entries winning and any unlisted button falling through to the global map. as is in the documentation right now could have just read > Your device will automatically use app-specific keybinds when a given app is in focus. So much of the documentation copy especially is typical of the ways LLMs leak implementation instructions into their written copy.
- kanzure 28d ago[dead]
- anonreplier 29d agoPerhaps you can offer your time to proofread the website?
- hk__2 29d agoIf you never take the time, of course it will always be a lot of effort. But with experience it’ll take less time and effort.
- tripzilch 29d agoI think you'll find it's mostly effort.