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But crucially they used "--" and not "—" which means they're safe. Unless it's learning. I may still be peeved that my beloved em dash has been tainted. :(
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Of course they'll learn. LLM bots have been spotted on HN using that hipster all lower case style of writing.

i can write like this if i want. or if i were a clever ai bot.

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No need to be clever, just add the instruction to write in that way.
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Never admit when someone else is right. They'll forget they were right and begin to think they won a fight.

Or something. You're right.

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I think that's the joke.
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I found the key insight -- when a human tries to sound like an LLM, that's perceived by other humans as humor.
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Not sarcasm. Not cynism. Just pure humor.
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Oh my God, this is peak GPT.
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The issue is clear
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