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Just because the final output comes from AI doesn't always mean a human didn't put real effort into writing it. There's a big difference between asking an LLM to write something from scratch, telling it exactly what to say, or just having it edit and polish what you already wrote.
A ton of my replies here - including this one - are technically "AI output," but all the AI really did was take what I wrote, clean it up, and turn it into coherent text that's easier for the reader to follow.
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Original text: Just because the final output is by AI doesn't always mean human didn't put effort into writing it. There's a difference between asking LLM to write something, telling LLM what to write or asking it to edit something you wrote.A large number of my replies here, including this one, are technically "AI output" but all the AI did was go through what I wrote and try and turn it into coherent text that the is easy for the recipient to consume.
I don't think the LLM made your response better in a meaningful way. Sure, it cleaned up the grammar a little bit, but the rephrasing in a few places is not necessary.
Trust yourself to communicate without help from external software.
I'd argue that with a little bit of practice its quicker to write a comment and then revise it yourself. Fix the punctuation, grammar, misspellings, and read it through once at least. Its a useful skill to learn as well.
making one dependent on external service is the very point of llm from the point of view of investors. Imagine how much money they will make if everyone just couldnt live without llm in every aspect of their life.
I only did it here to illustrate a point. Typically I only use it on longer posts. I'm not a native english speaker and I often struggle to express my thoughts clearly and I find it immensely useful to run it through AI and see the corrections it made.
True but thats a benefit to you, not to others. Its good at least the tool is allowing you to learn. I'm sure learning a language isn't easy, especially the finer details.
Seriously, your text was good enough for a comment, and for everything else just put in some effort? It's really not that hard, and using ai actively harms people.
I read your original just fine.
Y'know, i only use AI for horizontal side researches and support that i do next to the main non ai search. Other than that, i write my stuff, all of it.