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   lcamtuf :verified: :verified: :verified: (lcamtuf@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 13-Apr-2026 11:37:20 JST lcamtuf :verified: :verified: :verified:

   At this point, LLM-written think pieces make up about half of all long-form writing in my social media feed.

   When I push back, I get two reactions. Authors say that it just helps them express themselves. AI promoters say "get used to it".

   I don't think we should: it boils down to asymmetry. Our time here is limited. Social interaction on the internet breaks down if it takes ~0 effort to publish, but readers are still expected to use their own eyeballs and brains to engage.

   So, I feel that we have three choices:

   1) Refuse to engage with LLM writing *no matter if the article makes a good point or not*.

   2) Embrace it and have my agent argue with your agent forever, for internet points.

   3) Call it quits and move to an off-the-grid cabin in the woods.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 13-Apr-2026 11:37:19 JST Rich Felker

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     @lcamtuf I don't engage with that shit even when humans write it. I'm sure as hell not engaging when they didn't even bother.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 13-Apr-2026 17:23:54 JST Rich Felker

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     • jz.tusk

     @jztusk @lcamtuf This. If they're not saying anything that *couldn't have been interpolated from existing Orange Site drivel*, I don't much care if a human spent time slopping it together manually or used an LLM for it. Either way it's not reflecting any genuine thought and not worth reading.

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     jz.tusk (jztusk@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Apr-2026 17:23:55 JST jz.tusk

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     @lcamtuf

     I don't have to *prove* something is LLM-produced to conclude "this writer didn't bother to make sure that their writing clearly isn't LLM", and then yeet them permanently into the "don't bother" list.