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Girl on the Net (girlonthenet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Sep-2025 03:30:04 JST Girl on the Net

This is super interesting. Wikipedia editors put together a guide on patterns that tend to crop up regularly in AI writing.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing
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1. Rule of three edit LLMs overuse the 'rule of three'—"the good, the bad, and the ugly". This can take different forms from "adjective, adjective, adjective" to "short phrase, short phrase, and short phrase".[1] LLMs often use this structure to make superficial analyses appear more comprehensive. Examples The Amaze Conference brings together global SEO professionals, marketing experts, and growth hackers to discuss the latest trends in digital marketing. The event features keynote sessions, panel discussions, and networking opportunities.
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  Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing
  
  This is a list of writing and formatting conventions typical of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, with real examples taken from Wikipedia articles and drafts. It is meant to act as a field guide to help detect undisclosed AI-generated content on Wikipedia. This list is descriptive, not prescriptive; it consists of observations, not rules. Advice about formatting or language to avoid in Wikipedia articles can be found in the policies and guidelines and the Manual of Style, but does not belong on this page. This list is not a ban on certain words, phrases, or punctuation. No one is taking your em-dashes away or claiming that only LLMs use them. Not all text featuring the following indicators is AI-generated, as the large language models that power AI chatbots are trained on human writing, including the writing of Wikipedia editors. This is simply a catalog of very common patterns observed over many thousands of instances of AI-generated text, specific to Wikipedia. While some of its advice may be broadly applicable, some signs—particularly those involving punctuation and formatting—may not apply in a non-Wikipedia context. The patterns here...
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  Carsten Franke (carstenfranke@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Sep-2025 03:30:03 JST Carsten Franke
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  @girlonthenet and it seems LLMs use the oxford comma
  
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  mark (atleagle@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 29-Sep-2025 03:30:03 JST mark
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  @carstenfranke @girlonthenet really? Since I love Oxford comma and lists of 3, I am going to stop using punctuation or capitalization.
  Starting after, later, and beyond this post.
  
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  realcaseyrollins ✝️ (realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Oct-2025 11:32:33 JST realcaseyrollins ✝️
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  @girlonthenet @girlonthenet Couldn't you teach an #AI to read this page and avoid the patterns it mentions?
  
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