When it comes to writing, LLMs have won - https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/blog/llm-win/

@lcamtuf count me among the "activists trying to stigmatize use of LLMs for content creation" although I don't really see myself as an activist in this area, I just call it cringe when I see it

@lcamtuf I think the answer to "is it useful to know?" is "not if you have to ask". if information density is low enough that you smell the whiff of an LLM that already means it's bad writing

@lcamtuf that's true of HN but HN isn't the whole world (and neither is HN+reddit)

@lcamtuf Interesting - I would have thought that with all of your intentional inclusions of AI tells that originality.ai would have gotten tricked. But no!

To the point of your article, it's definitely won in some niches, such as the raw transmission of information. Many people read for pleasure, though, and it's got a ways to go to before generating content that comes close.

@lcamtuf Thank you for "nerd lore", I add it to my dictionary!