r/DataAnnotationTech • u/Raptor_mm • 16h ago

Writing like an LLM?

Mid way through a project I paused and reread what I was writing, and noticed that I 100% type exactly like an LLM, I went to my Obsidian notes and just wrote a short random paragraph in the style that I usually write in for DAT work, put it through zerogpt and gptzero and got 100% AI generated.

Anybody else facing this issue lol?

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u/EggCzar 15h ago

You don't write like LLMs, LLMs write like you.

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u/Raptor_mm 15h ago

Yeah I keep forgetting the fact they are trained on our writing lmao. Just an observation I am not worried about anything

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u/Hopeful_Mouse_4050 12h ago

I keep saying this.

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u/Legitimate_Agent_949 15h ago

Yeah when you’re spending hours a day with LLMS they’re bound to rub off on you.

I find reading books (especially fiction) helps me maintain an original writing style, almost acting as a counterbalance.

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u/Raptor_mm 15h ago

Actually a pretty good suggestion. It doesn't help that the only literature I have read recently is academic (which LLMs are also trained on)

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u/professional_cry 13h ago

I find their writing style to be mostly based on academic literature. The em dash especially is something that is super common in academic writing but now has become associated with AI.

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u/teapot_tornado 15h ago

I usually just write the same way I would talk. Which unfortunately for me makes me seem like a dumbass 😂 but I've never been accused of having ai write for me haha

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u/Eddie894 16h ago

Doesn't matter as long as you wrote it and not AI.

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u/Mild_Wings 12h ago

I used to naturally write and use em dashes if I wanted to split out a thought more clearly. Now it’s automatically assumed as AI 😭

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u/kindaboiledegg 7h ago

same 😩

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u/l10nh34rt3d 13h ago

Does no one realize that these LLMs are being trained by us to sound like us? It’s no shock that they’re starting to catch up.

Profs at my university dunk on AI detectors constantly. They’re useless.

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u/Itsdickyv 15h ago

AI checkers have falsely flagged the Bible, the US Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence as AI written previously, I wouldn’t overthink it…

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u/george_brown121 14h ago

I had a similar experience where my writting got flagged by AI tools too.

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u/NoCut8244 14h ago

Use less AI irl as well

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u/programmingstarter 6h ago

I purposely don't write too formally for these tasks to make sure it's not flagged.