Possible counterpoint: LLMs are notoriously good at writing plausible sounding i... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		fogleman 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Good Writing Possible counterpoint: LLMs are notoriously good at writing plausible sounding ideas that are wrong.

pvg 8 months ago | [–]

Fire up an LLM and write a Malcolm Gladwell article.

sorcerer-mar 8 months ago | | [–]

“Plausible sounding” != good sounding in the way that (I think) PG is using it.

LLMs produce plausible, wrong, and very bad prose. Arguably evidence for his point, if anything.

jxjnskkzxxhx 8 months ago | [–]

Lol your response is even better than mine, thank you.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact