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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://en.osm.town/users/zverik/statuses/113888367086836684">Ilya Zverev (zverik@en.osm.town)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 00:29:08 JST</a><a href="https://en.osm.town/@zverik" title="zverik@en.osm.town"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/281721-48-20240913131930.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Ilya Zverev" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Ilya Zverev</a></section><article><p>TIL big specialized forums have started backdating millions of LLM-generated posts. Now you cannot be sure a reply from 2009 on some forum for physics or maps or flower or drill enthusiasts haven't been machine-generated and totally wrong.</p><p><a href="https://hallofdreams.org/posts/physicsforums/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://hallofdreams.org/posts/physicsforums/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4446372#notice-8701098">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-26T00:29:08+09:00" title="Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 00:29:08 JST">about 4 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://en.osm.town/@zverik/113888367086836684" rel="external" title="Sent from en.osm.town via ActivityPub">en.osm.town</a></span></span><a href="https://en.osm.town/@zverik/113888367086836684">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4011937">A chart titles "Anomalous Post IDs and Times. PhysicsForums.com, 30,000 Posts". X axis is year, Y axis is Post ID. A read line labelled "Human" increases gradually, while at the top there is blue noise ("LLM") spread between 2003 and 2023 almost uniformly.</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/enosmtown/media_attachments/files/113/888/357/541/279/672/original/573edff3f9bd80fa.png" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/enosmtown/media_attachments/files/113/888/357/541/279/672/original/573edff3f9bd80fa.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Ilya Zverev (zverik@en.osm.town)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 00:29:08 JST Ilya Zverev
TIL big specialized forums have started backdating millions of LLM-generated posts. Now you cannot be sure a reply from 2009 on some forum for physics or maps or flower or drill enthusiasts haven't been machine-generated and totally wrong.
https://hallofdreams.org/posts/physicsforums/
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1. A chart titles "Anomalous Post IDs and Times. PhysicsForums.com, 30,000 Posts". X axis is year, Y axis is Post ID. A read line labelled "Human" increases gradually, while at the top there is blue noise ("LLM") spread between 2003 and 2023 almost uniformly.
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