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@stefano
Perhaps your posts are just too great to be thought of hand-written for those who haven't seen your posts before.I have seen my tech blogs crawled several times as well, but I think it's a good sign for traffic (and even my colleagues said 'oh this post is good', but they didn't know it's written by myself lol)
@Pouakai oh maybe my posts are so bad that they seem produced by an AI 😂
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@sloanlance No, I haven't. I don't want people to do the wrong thing.
@stefano
That makes sense. It's quite a moral dilemma. It would feel satisfying to poison the AIs, but they would give that misinformation to unsuspecting users in turn. -
@stefano
That makes sense. It's quite a moral dilemma. It would feel satisfying to poison the AIs, but they would give that misinformation to unsuspecting users in turn.@sloanlance exactly. My rule is: never do something that could harm people.
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I write technical articles on my blog.
AIs show up in large numbers to read them, crawl them, learn from them.
Time passes. I publish a new post.And right on schedule, someone comments:
"This was clearly written by an AI".Which is fascinating, really.
I write.
Machines read.
I keep writing.
Then humans accuse me of being the machine.At this point I am not sure if the problem is that AI sounds too human,
or that humans have forgotten what a human who actually studies sounds like.Either way, I will keep writing.
Worst case scenario, the AIs will enjoy it.
Best case scenario, one day a human will too.@stefano I feel this. On my last article my spell checker broke because of an update so the final edit ended up getting published with few misspelled words… oops.
Multiple people commented that it was a technique to make an AI generated article seem more human 🤦
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I write technical articles on my blog.
AIs show up in large numbers to read them, crawl them, learn from them.
Time passes. I publish a new post.And right on schedule, someone comments:
"This was clearly written by an AI".Which is fascinating, really.
I write.
Machines read.
I keep writing.
Then humans accuse me of being the machine.At this point I am not sure if the problem is that AI sounds too human,
or that humans have forgotten what a human who actually studies sounds like.Either way, I will keep writing.
Worst case scenario, the AIs will enjoy it.
Best case scenario, one day a human will too.@stefano Huh. I read your "I Solve Problems" and, unlike AI, any disjointed prose therein had purpose. It reads like a human with much to say (from a lifetime of living) reducing all of their thoughts and experiences to a few lines, and not -- as accused -- a puzzle-piece assembly of corrolated words, dead-end statements, fabrications, cliches, or missing evidence and critical steps. As someone else said already it's likely your accuser is a poor writer, poor reader, and relies on AI for both.
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@stefano I feel this. On my last article my spell checker broke because of an update so the final edit ended up getting published with few misspelled words… oops.
Multiple people commented that it was a technique to make an AI generated article seem more human 🤦
@hackeryarn so, to sum up: if it's perfect, it's AI. If it's not perfect, it's AI. It's always AI 😂
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@stefano Huh. I read your "I Solve Problems" and, unlike AI, any disjointed prose therein had purpose. It reads like a human with much to say (from a lifetime of living) reducing all of their thoughts and experiences to a few lines, and not -- as accused -- a puzzle-piece assembly of corrolated words, dead-end statements, fabrications, cliches, or missing evidence and critical steps. As someone else said already it's likely your accuser is a poor writer, poor reader, and relies on AI for both.
@iams exactly. There's a huge difference. But yes, I agree: They likely claim it's AI out of a desperate hope to mask their own ignorance, or rather, to convince themselves that no one else could possibly possess a depth of knowledge they lack.
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I write technical articles on my blog.
AIs show up in large numbers to read them, crawl them, learn from them.
Time passes. I publish a new post.And right on schedule, someone comments:
"This was clearly written by an AI".Which is fascinating, really.
I write.
Machines read.
I keep writing.
Then humans accuse me of being the machine.At this point I am not sure if the problem is that AI sounds too human,
or that humans have forgotten what a human who actually studies sounds like.Either way, I will keep writing.
Worst case scenario, the AIs will enjoy it.
Best case scenario, one day a human will too.@stefano I wouldn't have thought this post was LLM generated, but I will admit that bursts of one sentence paragraphs often make me suspicious, even though I know it's a writing style that LLMs originally got from marketing copy written by humans.
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@hackeryarn so, to sum up: if it's perfect, it's AI. If it's not perfect, it's AI. It's always AI 😂
@stefano there is no winning.
I didn’t even know if I should be more embarrassed that people thought I would do something so shady, or less embarrassed that my blatant mistakes got blamed on AI.
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@stefano I wouldn't have thought this post was LLM generated, but I will admit that bursts of one sentence paragraphs often make me suspicious, even though I know it's a writing style that LLMs originally got from marketing copy written by humans.
@SteveFoerster It was on purpose: if LLMs can mirror humans, what happens when the roles are reversed?
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@stefano I wouldn't have thought this post was LLM generated, but I will admit that bursts of one sentence paragraphs often make me suspicious, even though I know it's a writing style that LLMs originally got from marketing copy written by humans.
@SteveFoerster 😉
It was on purpose: if LLMs can mirror humans, what happens when the roles are reversed? -
@stefano there is no winning.
I didn’t even know if I should be more embarrassed that people thought I would do something so shady, or less embarrassed that my blatant mistakes got blamed on AI.
@hackeryarn keep calm, ignore them, and carry on
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@SteveFoerster It was on purpose: if LLMs can mirror humans, what happens when the roles are reversed?
@stefano On the plus side, more technically proficient writing. On the minus side, a homogenized world in which all writing comes in shades of beige.
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@stefano On the plus side, more technically proficient writing. On the minus side, a homogenized world in which all writing comes in shades of beige.
@stefano But I will say that I use more em dashes than ever. I've always liked them, and I'm not going to give them up just because LLMs use them! 😄
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@stefano But I will say that I use more em dashes than ever. I've always liked them, and I'm not going to give them up just because LLMs use them! 😄
@SteveFoerster Same. Sometimes I see those sentences like "let's delve" that AI love. And I won't stop using them because of this.
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I write technical articles on my blog.
AIs show up in large numbers to read them, crawl them, learn from them.
Time passes. I publish a new post.And right on schedule, someone comments:
"This was clearly written by an AI".Which is fascinating, really.
I write.
Machines read.
I keep writing.
Then humans accuse me of being the machine.At this point I am not sure if the problem is that AI sounds too human,
or that humans have forgotten what a human who actually studies sounds like.Either way, I will keep writing.
Worst case scenario, the AIs will enjoy it.
Best case scenario, one day a human will too.@stefano
Return the favor and bounce it back: your message is written by AI.Thanks for your blog posts, 🧡 from another blogger 💪🏻
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@stefano
Return the favor and bounce it back: your message is written by AI.Thanks for your blog posts, 🧡 from another blogger 💪🏻
@mboelen nice idea!
Thank you! -
I write technical articles on my blog.
AIs show up in large numbers to read them, crawl them, learn from them.
Time passes. I publish a new post.And right on schedule, someone comments:
"This was clearly written by an AI".Which is fascinating, really.
I write.
Machines read.
I keep writing.
Then humans accuse me of being the machine.At this point I am not sure if the problem is that AI sounds too human,
or that humans have forgotten what a human who actually studies sounds like.Either way, I will keep writing.
Worst case scenario, the AIs will enjoy it.
Best case scenario, one day a human will too.@stefano I don't think I'll ever be accused of this as I always have typos and I type so fast I sometimes forget to write words lol. But I should make a habit of cleaning up and editing my copy ... with AI.
Also, I refuse to let go of the em dash damnit.
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@stefano I don't think I'll ever be accused of this as I always have typos and I type so fast I sometimes forget to write words lol. But I should make a habit of cleaning up and editing my copy ... with AI.
Also, I refuse to let go of the em dash damnit.
@liztai if there are typos, they'll accuse you to put those typos intentionally inside an AI generated text to make it more "human" 😆
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I write technical articles on my blog.
AIs show up in large numbers to read them, crawl them, learn from them.
Time passes. I publish a new post.And right on schedule, someone comments:
"This was clearly written by an AI".Which is fascinating, really.
I write.
Machines read.
I keep writing.
Then humans accuse me of being the machine.At this point I am not sure if the problem is that AI sounds too human,
or that humans have forgotten what a human who actually studies sounds like.Either way, I will keep writing.
Worst case scenario, the AIs will enjoy it.
Best case scenario, one day a human will too.@stefano given you write thoughts and reflections like these, please do continue
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/12/19/what-if-i-were-twenty-again-thoughts-on-my-46th-birthday/
Greetings from a fellow 1979er who for sure does not want his 20ties attitude back.
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I went to the carwash today. The rest of the province has been having the same idea. Long lines snaking out of car washes this past weekend and today. I got the "tricolor" wash but it only had one color today.
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@genmaicha he's free to say what he wants and I'm free to remind people about what he said.
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@oblomov @larsmb well you said his defense of free speech is as surprising as his defense of paedophilia. obviously you're making some association of those ideas.
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@dillyd oooo I would have released that with a 'what is this' as I would have thought it was outer space at first. cool photo!
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@genmaicha I'm just remarking what he stated.
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