Sophie Schmieg
One of the aspects of AI that I hate the most is that at some point, I start reading my own or other people's genuine writing in "AI voice".
Way to undermine your own confidence or devalue other people's writing instantly.
Jan 21 at 5:51pmWeb
Show threadSophie SchmiegJan 21
Like I fully expect real humans to start avoiding AI phrases like "you're absolutely right" or "that's a great question!", just because it sounds cringe.
Show threadRobert BanzJan 21

@sophieschmieg I see your point. Perhaps this should be reconsidered.

***thinking***

Show threadDan SugalskiJan 21
@sophieschmieg If AI starts telling people "excellent question, why don't we talk about that later" I shall be quite put out as it's clearly stolen my favorite response as a conference presenter.
Show threadSophie SchmiegJan 21
@wordshaper if AI starts saying "but more research is needed", then it has gone too far
Show threadAedius Filmania ⚙️🎮🖊️Jan 21

@sophieschmieg

Honestly it always sound cringe for me, I wonder where it came from in the training dataset.

Show threadSophie SchmiegJan 21
@Aedius it has its place in some written communication that is missing tone indicators. In the concrete case, I was reading through a bug report and noticed that both sides were using a lot of these kinds of overly polite phrases. And it makes sense, you're discussing something that creates a lot of work for what is essentially a stranger, so you want to be courteous and overcompensate the lack of verbal indicators that spoken communication would have.
Show threadSophie SchmiegJan 21
@Aedius that being said, even in that kind of communication, nobody uses "you're absolutely right"
Show threadgonna @ you probablyJan 21
@sophieschmieg Real humans already do. Why would I say "You're absolutely right!" when I can say "THIS."
Show threadGreg BellJan 21
@sophieschmieg I will never use "key points" or similar again