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lelanthrantoday at 10:24 AM1 replyview on HN

> The value in having a human write it is that whenever something bad/misleading/redundant is introduced, that person will learn from the feedback,

For me, the value of receiving comms from a human is different: it communicates not just the idea itself, but the fact that the human already understands the idea.

The people arguing that round-tripping their thoughts through AI still means that it's their thoughts apparently also believe that the game of telephone always results in perfect comms.

It's not just AI; adding more hops to a route changes the message when each hop is a human too, it's just that we notice it more when the hop is an LLM because of just how different they write compared to humans.


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nchmytoday at 10:44 AM

I don't think you quite realize the implications of what you're saying.

Surely you don't actually believe, or even desire, for everyone to fully understand everything that they say... No room for questions, uncertainty, bewilderment, etc?

If someone is feigning competence via AI, that's the problem. Not Ai.

If they use Ai to polish a communication, be it statement, question, etc, and they do it in a thoughtful manner to ensure the final communication clearly and effectively communicates what it should be, there's no problem with that.

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